Made from Recycled Barrels!
 
Cut your water costs, lighten the load on your sewer and municipal
system, protect nearby rivers and streams, help recycle industrial
food grade barrels, keep water away from your foundation, and come
out with a great looking yard and garden to boot - all using the
rainwater that falls on your roof. Rainwater is oxygenated, un-
chlorinated and warmer than tap water, which makes the Rain Barrel
Rainwater Collection System preferable for watering your plants,
garden and lawn, and for adding moisture to compost. These rain
barrels are childproof and animal-proof.
 
Why Use Rain Barrels?
* Source of natural water storage
*Recycled Food Grade Barrel
*Fully enclosed unit to be child proof and for pest control (see lid
options)
*Expandable capacity
*Buffer storage for drip irrigation system
 
Many homes with downspouts in certain metro areas are now (or soon
will be) required to disconnect from the sewer and storm drain
systems to splash blocks by order of the municipal bureau of
environmental services. As in most urban areas, this will become a
mandated environmental protection policy to help protect our rivers
and streams. You can be proactive with the Rain Barrel Rainwater
Collection System.
 
The 57 gallon rain barrels (food grade barrels recycled from
caper/pickle/vitamin C factories) catch and store rainwater from
your downspout. A brass spigot at the base is ideal for either
connecting a watering hose or irrigation system. There is a 1.25"
overflow tube on both sides at the mid section of the unit to
connect a hose to redirect rainwater into flower beds, a garden, dry
well, other barrels for storage, or gravity-fed irrigation system.
Our linking kit connects multiple barrels for water storage that can
be expanded to 114 gallons, 171 gallons, or even more.
 
1 inch of rain on a 1000 sq ft roof yields 623 gallons of water. If
you multiply the square footage of your roof by 623 and divide by
1000, you will know your yield.
 
These are using a recycled 55-57 gallon commodities barrel (food
grade) made of 5/16" UV protected Plastic. Since recycled commodity
barrels are used as they become available, color and exact
dimensions may vary somewhat.
 
I would actually reccommend the black or blue ones as the white ones
might be more prone to algae growth. The black ones, if exposed to
direct sunlight will heat up via solar.
 
This is a from a site that sells rainwater barrel kits, but you may
be able to figure out how to make a set or series of them on your
own.

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