Rain Barrels help You Save Water

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by: georgewonderman
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Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 Time: 5:25 PM
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During an average rainstorm in a typical home, as much as 700 gallons of rainwater may run off and simply dissipate into the ground. That amount of rainwater alone is the equivalent of almost 20 baths or nearly 60 showers. Larger buildings with correspondingly larger span roofs of course result in even more rainwater being wasted, often as much as several thousand gallons of rainwater at a time.
Since water is an ever decreasing precious resource, it only makes sense to look into the many benefits that rain barrels can offer you as well as the environment. Aside from the fact that all of this rainwater is simply wasted, it also seeps into the ground and eventually makes its way into the storm drains and eventually any lakes or other bodies of water in the immediate vicinity, carrying with it various pollutants and toxins, and further placing stress on the areas water sewerage systems.
Rain barrels then serve an important function, and that is to collect and store all the rainwater that would have otherwise been wasted, so you can put it to good use. In its most basic form, rain barrels are simply large containers that collect water that comes from rooftops or other impermeable surfaces around the home. A good rain in a typical home will result in rain barrels being filled fairly quickly, with the rainwater collected amounting to as much as 200 gallons of perfectly useable water. This rainwater can then be used as an irrigation source for your lawn or garden, or can be used for such tasks as washing your car or windows. This will have the effect of greatly reducing your water bill and reduce the pollutants that enter the ground water, as well as put all that collected rainwater to good use.
Your options for rain barrels range from commercially available rain barrels to rain barrels made out of materials that can be found around the home or in a typical garden supply store. If you want the convenience and ease of use of built in connectors for faucets or hoses, or for linking up to other rain barrels, you may want to go for commercially available ones. Of course you can also choose to simply build your own rain barrels...which may take some time and work­...but can be quite a bit cheaper than buying ready made rain barrels. Whichever option you choose to go for, you will want to make sure that your rain barrels are ideally situated to collect as much rainwater as possible.

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