Good afternoon everyone! I recently read in the "Lake Lines: Newsletter of the Knife Lake sportmen's club Inc." that rain barrels are in need to help reduce residential water usage. During the summer water usage increases " 40-50%." Here in Minnesota are storm sewers eventually flow into our rivers and lakes. This is an opportunity for polution due to the amount of fertilizers that are used. However by using a rain barrel to collect your rain water from your roof you are able to reduce the amount of run off you have and any direct rain on the lawn will be passed down through the soil as normal without excess run off. To create your rain barrel you need to attach a spigot to attach your hose to. Add a run off pipe so your barrel does not overflow and put a cover on in to keep the mosquitos out. Put your downspout in top of the barrel through the lid.
This is such a great idea! For those of you paying for water this can be a simple solution to creating a built in savings plan in your summer budget. This can save up to 1,300 gallons per barrel per year if used correctly. Check with your city prior to installation to make sure they isn't anything preventing you from making this change.
Keeping Green can be a fabulous decision. Let me know your green ideas!
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