Here's the good news: Equipping your house with a rainwater collection system as simple as a rain barrel not only helps you save water and help your community, but it also saves you money.

Whenever rain falls, the Solana Center for Environmental Innovation knows how you can use it to your advantage.

Collecting rainwater using rain barrels or other vessels is an ancient practice still used today. Rain barrels are an easy way to collect rainwater from your roof that can then be used to water your ...

you’ll find that rain collection systems come in all shapes and sizes, as well as all prices. After looking online, it looks like you can get a basic rain barrel for about $60, and it goes up ...

It uses rain barrels, which capture and store rainwater, as a source. These barrels provide very low water pressure so he’s added a battery-powered pump along with a solar array for recharging.

For each one inch of rainfall, Jaber says, that equals 300 to 600 gallons, or six to 12 rain barrels. Surface runoff collection directs rainwater on the ground into rain gardens. These are dug-out ...

In collaboration with Montgomery County, Miami Twp., Kettering, Centerville and Dayton have launched a spring sustainability initiative offering residents discounted rain barrels and backyard compost ...

Rain barrels allow residents to conserve water and lower their bills by collecting the rainwater that falls on roofs during the rainy spring months. The city said its current water supply would ...

The city of Phoenix released a handbook to promote water conservation through rainwater collection and other methods.