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Order Your Rain Barrel - Save Water and $$
Rain Barrels are a way for homeowners to conserve water and help the environment. A rain barrel collects water from the roof when it rains and stores it for outdoor use during dry conditions or when water ban restrictions are in place.
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The most efficient method to protect and channel water from the downspout into the Rain Barrel is via a Rain Diverter. The Diverter fits into your downspout with two simple cuts, opens for water collection, then closes when the barrel is full or in the off-season.
The average homeowner's water usage increases approximately 60% during the summer months due to outdoor usage. A one inch rainfall on a 1,200 square foot roof will yield over 700 gallons of water. Using a Rain Barrel is an excellent way to conserve some of this water. A 1/4" run-off from an average roof will easily fill the Barrel. If there are five storms a season, that equals 275 gallons of
free water!
Rain Barrels are usually recycled 60-gallon polyethylene shipping drums. RainBarrels have a screw-on lid, mosquito screen, a threaded spigot for a hose attachment, a drain plug, an overflow valve and an additional hole with a plug for linking barrels together (you can join multiple barrels for additional capacity). There are two options for spigot placement: either at the drain hole 2" above ground for use with a hose, or at 14" above ground to use with a watering can.
Diverter into watering can
Rain Barrels
Order your Rain Barrel and pickup at Milton DPW open house on May 21st!
Sustainable Milton is partnering again this year with the Great American Rain Barrel Company of Hyde Park to offer Rain Barrels to Milton residents at a discount.
Painted Rain Barrels are available in 3 colors -
Earth Brown, Nantucket Gray and Forest Green: $ 65Unpainted in 2 colors -
Black or Gray: $ 60 Order Your DiverterDiverters, which fit onto the bottom of a rainspout and channel water into a Rain Barrel or other specific location (see diverter channeling water into watering can at left) are available in two sizes:
Large Diverters: 3" x 4"$ 25 Small Diverters: 2" x 3" $ 203 WAYS TO ORDER:
1. PHONE - call The Great American Rain Barrel Company at:
800-251-2352 , 9 AM - 8 PM, Monday-Saturday
2. EMAIL - at info@tgarb.com
3. WEBSITE - visit http://greatamericanrainbarrel.com/p-80-great-american-rain-barrel-milton-dpw.aspx
~ Say you are ordering through Sustainable Milton for this special pricing ~
Rain Barrel Pick-Up
Rain Barrel Orders Can Be Picked-Up During DPW's Open House:
~ Saturday May 21st 2011~ 11 AM - 1 PM~ at the DPW Field Yard, 629 Randolph Ave.A Rain Barrel will fit into the back seat of a normal car.
