Anyone Have a Rain Barrel?

[Archena]

Re: Anyone Have a Rain Barrel?

Cool. Thanks for the info!

[dmun]

Re: Anyone Have a Rain Barrel?

Philadelphia has a program where they give out free rain barrels:

Rain Barrel Workshops | Office of Watersheds

It keeps storm overflow out of the antiquated combined sewer system (That's right: no storm sewers except in the newest sections of the city) and reduces water demand for lawn watering and such.

This is an old idea: my first house had a brick cistern from the 19th century to collect and disperse run-off.

[Archena]

I've always wanted one. I was reading Family Handyman and they have a rain barrel project which is what got me thinking about it. So, anyone have one? Like it?