Approximately 30% of U.S. household water use goes toward outdoor purposes like irrigation or car washing. Cutting back on that usage from your local water system can cut down on local pollution and ...

My sustainable homestead is evolving—and the new addition to the ever-growing project involves using rain barrels to provide my chickens with drinking water, irrigate my garden, and keep my compost ...

YORK, Pa. — Pennsylvania is fortunate to have a large resource of fresh water, but it’s important to conserve, especially during times of drought. Jodi Sulpizio, a natural resource educator with the ...

Susan Kroll wasn't squeamish about installing a rain barrel. Having lived in Thailand, where huge, impressive rain jars abound as part of an ancient tradition of capturing water from the sky, she ...

With the right catchment system, you can use rain to water your yard, wash the car and even flush the toilet Though people have been collecting rainwater for thousands of years, the process can be ...

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules Homeowners pull up old linoleum floor—couldn't imagine what they'd find Canadian detained by Israeli forces ...

Join the Davis Permaculture Guild for a rain barrel installation workshop from Blue Barrel Systems on Saturday, Nov. 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at a Davis residence. The address will be given to those ...

Hoosiers have experienced an abnormally dry spell with moderate drought conditions seeping into Central Indiana as spring turns to summer. The lack of recent rain spells frustration for residential ...

As the Bay Area just experienced one of its largest rainstorms in recent years, this is the perfect time for Peninsula homeowners to install rain-collection barrels to help conserve water and prevent ...

Laura Jayne had been waiting a year for a local nonprofit to install a rain barrel at her Hollygrove home. She could use it to grow her budding garden and shave a few dollars off her water bill in the ...