Benefits of Rain Barrels

Rain Barrels are a great way to collect water for your garden. Embrace natures solution to our emerging water shortage, and explore all the opportunities that fresh, soft, warm chemical free water offers. Harvesting rain water will make your garden smile, not to mention the obvious benefits to your water bill and the environment.

Harvesting Rainwater with Rain Barrels is an old idea which is gathering a new following. With the rising price of water and drought restrictions now facing much of the United States, more and more smart homeowners are turning to the harvesting of rainwater to save money and protect this precious, renewable natural resource.

Just look outside your window the next time it rains and imagine all the water running down your driveway being put to beneficial use in your home and garden! Besides helping the environment, an obvious reason for harvesting rainwater is to save money. Depending on the size of your house and the amount of rainfall in your area, you can collect a substantial amount of rainwater with a simple rain barrel system. This extra water can have a significant impact on your water bill.

Rainwater stored in rain barrels has many uses. Some people find it mostly useful for watering their landscapes and gardens. Harvesting rainwater with rain barrels will improve the health of your garden, lawn, and trees. Rain is a naturally soft water and is devoid of minerals, chlorine, fluoride, and other chemicals. The chemicals and hard water from many of our municipal water systems can produce an imbalance in the soil of your garden. This imbalance causes trees and plants to weaken and makes them more susceptible to disease. For this reason, plants respond very well to rainwater.

Perhaps the simplest way to collect rainwater is to put a rain barrel under one of the gutter downspouts and use the water on your indoor and outdoor plants. The plants will appreciate the soft water. Rainwater is also great for washing cars, boats and dogs!

We encourage all homeowners to start collecting and using rain water. And please encourage your neighbors to do the same. You will be helping to spread the culture of rainwater collection and in turn help your larger community and the environment.