Rain barrels can be obtained at a discount at Tuesday's water workshop
Posted by: Noel Jones
Below is a message from Sophia at the WWNP, and an article in today's Express Times on the water workshops that Lafayette is conducting tomorrow and next Tuesday.
Hi Everyone,
Below is a link to an article in today’s Express Times about the workshops to be held on Tuesday, Dec 8 and 15 at 7:p.m. at the Easton Area Community Center
Everyone is invited so please forward this email to those you think would be interested.
Thank you,
Administrative Assistant
West Ward Neighborhood Partnership
610.515.0891 ext. 4200
SFeller@caclv.org
West Ward Neighborhood Partnership
610.515.0891 ext. 4200
SFeller@caclv.org
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Not to be a downer, but I wish this was something that was planned during warmer weather...when watering is more on people's minds. And I don't know if I can make it with all the holiday chores coming up...things are tight
Also, how is one to get a rain barrel home? I don't even know if there is a realistic place to put it around my house...we are in the city you know.
I'm not being a wise guy...just trying to figure out the logisitcs. I'm a big proponent that water is more important than oil and we are wasting vast amounts of it everyday. When we end up like people in other countries that wait all week for their few minutes of water access we will know what dumbasses we've been.
DRL
Dennis you put the barrels under the downspouts that come off the gutters of your house. There needs to be a hole in the lid to guide the water directly in. We had one on everydown spout all summer and since it rained alot had tons of water to use on the garden but also for washing floors and presoaking other things before a final wash. Occasionally a little bleach, which is bio degradable, kills mosquito larvae. "Rain Barrels" can be expensive to purchase but there are just plain recycled plastic blue barrels that you can get almost free and paint them a natural color.
And if the downspout and lid of the barrel are positioned tightly you dont get mosquitos in the first place.
This event is being hosted by Lafayette College's Technology Clinic. They will be working on a different project in the spring. But even if they were to host this project next semester, the presentation would be in the middle of May, when the class was finished. This way residents can be prepared for when the warmer weather begins.
You can read about previous Technology Clinic project at:
http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~techclin/
Cathy,
My house is a twin with the front porch set back 10' from the street. I love the idea but it won't work for me because the downspouts drain to the center of the two houses, in a space of about 12" between the two sets of front steps.
I have a similar centered drain set-up in the yard but the drain is behind a cental AC unit and empties into some kind of catch basin that goes underground...it's always been this way, I've never been able to figure out where it goes and it has never in my lifetime overflowed. Its definitely not draining to the street. At least its going back into the ground water system.
I love the idea of capturing this water for reuse but I'd feel uncomfortable having a barrel sitting in front of my house, exposed to the public street for all to see. Its an aesthetic issue for me. Anybody know how I can find out where my backyard water is going?
DRL
I designed and built my own Rain Barrels. It was really easy to do plus I don't have a problem with mosquitos either. If anyones interested you can download how I did it here.
http://www.plasticrainwaterbarrels.com/rain-barrels.htm
Did anyone go to this workshop? I'd love to hear some feedback on how it went...
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