A typical house has a roof area of 1,200 square feet and four downspouts that will each drain about 300 square feet of roof. That means a rainfall of 0.3 inches will fill a 55-gallon rain barrel placed under each downspout.
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Early this year, Amy Roskilly from the Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) organized a rain barrel art program. Under the p...
My new squarefoot garden beds are coming along nicely. There are tomatoes, bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, onions, yellow squash, cucumbers and purple podded beans co-mingling nicely at the moment. Every morning I've made a point of getting up early to hand water the beds from the rainbarrels. With the heatwave we had this past week…
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[img_assist|nid=427|title=|desc=Rainbarrels line the side of a garage.|link=node|align=left|width=125|height=100]This page includes the main article, web resources, city resources, and links to other water harvesting organizations around the county. Harvesting rainwater can reduce our need--and demand--for water transport systems that threaten the health of the water cycle and our local environments. On any house lot, there are three potential sources for harvesting the rain: Direct rainfall, street harvesting, and roof harvesting.
