You can make cheap, functional rain barrels with trash cans and simple PVC plumbing and electrical conduit fittings. Line up as many as you need to meet your watering needs and save water around your ...

This piece, cross-posted from Sightline, is part of the research project Making Sustainability Legal. Call me a dreamer. I want to flush with rainwater. Rain barrels already anchor my downspouts. I ...

Rain barrels are a great way to go green, as long as your neighborhood doesn’t frown upon them. [NikonUser]’s barrel sits up high enough that he has to climb up on an old BBQ and half-dangle from the ...

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SOMERVILLE — Using wrenches and other tools to assemble brass valves and other plumbing fittings, a group of Somerville residents recently got a hands-on lesson in how to build and install a rain ...

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County aims to have 250 rain barrels built in one weekend. Cooperative Extension trained 25 people to build rain barrels in July, with support from Onondaga ...

The City of Charlottetown is launching another rain barrel sale in an effort to encourage residents to conserve water. Residents and business owners can purchase the rain barrels for $65 from March 22 ...