Article: START PLANNING FOR STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS

Article: Project aims to beautify rain barrels
Capital (Annapolis);  March 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Environmentalists encourage the use of rain barrels as a way to conserve water and reduce ... damages streams and creeks. Normally, rain barrels are oversize plastic monstrosities ... neighborhood with strict rules. "The rain barrels are rather unattractive. They are 50 ...

Article: RAIN BARRELS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 17, 2007 ;     471 words ... ... Solid Waste Services Department is selling rain barrels to citizens. The rain barrels come in two sizes - 60 gallons and 80 gallons ... from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. The 60-gallon rain barrels cost $80.06 and the 80-gallon barrels ...

Article: RECYCLED RAIN BARRELS AVAILABLE AT 2009 MISSISSIPPI ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 8, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... opportunity to purchase discounted, recycled rain barrels to collect water from their roofs and ... demand on treated water supplies. "Rain barrels help slow and control storm water runoff ... Using the rainwater stored in the rain barrels for outdoor watering also helps lessen ...

Article: DEP to host workshop on making rain barrels
Charleston Gazette;  September 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... taps. Garden-supply catalogs sell rain barrels for $100 or more - plus shipping ... would like to have another in October. Rain barrels are an environmentalist's dream ... smell like Mountain Dew or Pepsi." Rain barrels reduce demand for chemically treated ...

Article: Pasadena company rolls out all the rain barrels
Capital (Annapolis);  May 26, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... company sells and installs above-ground rain barrels, which collect rain water for nonpotable ... that are really good at installing (rain barrels) and making them functional at all ... gallons of water in a 1-inch storm with rain barrels. To get Rainsavers rolling, Biddinger ...

Article: Water Crisis Spurs Tacoma, Wash., Man to Make Rain ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 6, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... News Aug. 6--As technology goes, rain barrels are about as old-fashioned as you ... respect in the Pacific Northwest. Putting rain barrels under downspouts does make sense: It ... conservation program that encourages rain barrels, but many other places do. Water districts ...

Article: RAIN BARRELS: A WAY TO COLLECT, USE RAINWATER
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 18, 2006 ;     617 words ... ... basement? Collecting roof runoff in rain barrels is a good solution to these problems. Rain barrels also help to alleviate stressed water ... now encouraged more than ever to use rain barrels as a way to protect our lakes and rivers ...