Something quiet is happening in backyards across the country. Homeowners who once ignored their downspouts are now redirecting them into barrels, cisterns, and modular collection systems. It's not a ...

You can’t always count on Mother Nature to fix your dry, patchy lawn or wilted garden. Perhaps the easiest way to conserve and store water for a non-rainy day is with a rain barrel specifically ...

Rainwater adds up, and quickly; one inch of rain runoff from a 1,000-sq.-ft. roof results in an impressive 600 gallons of water—just imagine how far that will go in the garden. Even a more typical ...

Some homeowners are building large rain collection systems for their gardens, and neighbors say the barrels look “too commercial” for the street, as what reportedly starts as a simple eco-friendly ...

DENVER – Proponents of allowing Coloradans to collect rain from their roofs demanded “free the barrels.” On Wednesday, those barrels will be set free. That’s when a law passed by the Legislature this ...

DENVER — A small Colorado business is seeing increased demand for residential rain barrel systems as the state faces below-average snowfall and rainfall, pushing residents to find alternative ways to ...