Rain Barrels

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Residential irrigation can account for 40% of domestic water consumption in a given area. Rain barrels not only store water, they help decrease demand during the summer months. Collection of water from rooftop runoff can provide an ample supply of this free 'soft water' containing no chlorine, lime or calcium. Because it tends to have fewer sediments and dissolved salts than municipal water, rain water is ideal for lots of applications, including vegetable and flower gardens, automobile washing, and cleaning household windows. Saving water in this manner will reduce your demand for treated tap water, and save money by lowering your monthly water bill.

A typical house has a roof area of 1,200 square feet and four downspouts that will each drain about 300 square feet of roof. That means a rainfall of just 0.3 inches is enough to fill 4 of 54-gallon Rain Barrels, one place under each downspout. A good formula to remember: 1 inch of rain on a 1000 square foot roof yields 623 gallons of water. Calculate the yield of your roof by multiplying the square footage of your roof by 623 and divide by 1000.