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My wife and I want to collect rainwater for soap-making and other purposes. I am trying to figure out a way to collect it on a small scale. I am thinking a 5-gallon bucket w/ a lid that has a sealable opening, some sort of tubing that can secure around that, a filter (such as window screen...

22 March 2012 Rainwater barrels connected to downspout. 22 March 2012 Rainwater barrels connected to downspout. The four drums connected to the house downspout. There is a total of 200 US gallons of water. The connections are removed in the Fall and the barrels emptied to prevent freezing.

8 April 2009 Downspout Rainwater 8 April 2009 Downspout Rainwater Pictures indicating a simple, practical method of utilizing downspout rainwater. Barrels cost 15 dollars and all parts and tools are readily available. Any urban downspout system must address the overflow problem during rainfall...

Something our family does. Saves on your water consumption, therefore what you pay for water and electricity. Rainwater comes off our roof on two sides, why not use it? We have a green bin, about 2 gallons, we use in the house to store compostables before putting them in the backyard composter...

24 September 2011 Moving Rainwater 24 September 2011 Moving rainwater There are four barrels (200 US Gallons) on each side of the house collecting rainwater. Once collected it is difficult to move to where required. My method is to dip the water out of a barrel and place in a wheelbarrow. The...

16 April 2011 Downspout Rainwater 16 April 2011 Downspout Rainwater Four barrels ares used, two on each side of the house to collect roof rainwater. The connections were switched over from Winter to Summer, since there will now be no more hard frosts. The system is simple and practical.

8 April 2009 Downspout Rainwater 8 April 2009 Downspout Rainwater Pictures indicating a simple, practical method of utilizing downspout rainwater. Barrels cost 15 dollars and all parts are standard plumbing fittings. Any urban downspout system must address the overflow problem during rainfall...

Downspout Rainwater http://www.durgan.org/URL/?Rainwater 8 April 2009 Downspout Rainwater Pictures indicating a simple, practical method of utilizing downspout rainwater. Barrels cost 15 dollars and all parts and tools are readily available. Any urban downspout system must address the overflow...

If you have one, how did you make it? How much did it cost? I am going to have my first garden this summer. I am on city water which is outrageously expensive. Further, I think it is better for the environment to use as little of the city water as possible for my garden. In the summer here...

Anyone have a rainwater catchment system and/or know about water filtration for such? We're setting it up on the new house and I'm trying to finalize our plans, find good prices for everything, and get it going. (Cindy, where are you? LOL)

Rainwater is the best type of water to apply to your vegetable garden.  An ideal situation would be to have rain one or two days a week with warm sunny conditions inbetween the rain showers.  That doesn't happen enough but you can water your vegetables with rainwater if you save it when it...