Approximately 30% of U.S. household water use goes toward outdoor purposes like irrigation or car washing. Cutting back on that usage from your local water system can cut down on local pollution and ...

My sustainable homestead is evolving—and the new addition to the ever-growing project involves using rain barrels to provide my chickens with drinking water, irrigate my garden, and keep my compost ...

Susan Kroll wasn't squeamish about installing a rain barrel. Having lived in Thailand, where huge, impressive rain jars abound as part of an ancient tradition of capturing water from the sky, she ...

Join the Davis Permaculture Guild for a rain barrel installation workshop from Blue Barrel Systems on Saturday, Nov. 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at a Davis residence ...

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NEW ORLEANS — Marking 20 years since Hurricane Katrina, Entergy is partnering with Green Light New Orleans to help residents in flood-prone neighborhoods by installing rain barrels. The volunteer ...

SKOKIE, IL — The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District is offering discounted rain barrels to Cook County residents to help prevent basement backups, street flooding and sewer overflows. Rain ...