Sentences with phrase «using rain barrels»

It could be as easy as using rain barrels to store water for use in irrigation and gardening

«Using rain barrels is a great way to help prevent storm water runoff and preserve this precious natural resource for better use and as we saw today these colorful and creative entries will eventually be welcome additions to anyone's backyard,» said Deputy Erie County Executive Maria R. Whyte.

«Using rain barrels is an excellent strategy for homeowners to conserve water and control runoff.»

Using a rain barrel will help you cut down on your water use and therefore save on utility bills.

Use a rain barrel.

- we have a garden - we compost - we use rain barrels - we are looking into getting a rooftop wind turbine - we are going to line dry our clothes when the weather is okay outside - we recycle and take all our glass to recycle centers

we recycle aluminum, plastic and newsprint (avialable in our area), we use a rain barrel to water our outdoor plants in the warm months, we have cut back on using paper towels by using cloth including cloth napkins, for my children's lunches we use containers instead of baggies, left over coffee grounds are used for the base of plants (my great grandmother did this also!)

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I just got a rain barrel (reused giant food container) to put the bath water in so I can use a hose to distribute it.

With a rain barrel, gardeners can minimize or eliminate their use of chemical fertilizers.

Erie County, in partnership with the City of Buffalo and the WNY Stormwater Coalition, is offering rain barrels and compost bins to encourage households to reduce their environmental footprint through water conservation and reduced fertilizer use.

All participating schools will receive their final painted rain barrels to use, donate or raffle as desired.

By using harvested rainwater for watering lawns, watering gardens and potted plants, and for washing cars, rain barrels conserve water.

Items that collect rain water on your property, such as house gutters, cans, garden pots, used tires, rain barrels, and children's pools, are ideal receptacles for breeding,» said Peter Tripi, Senior Public Health Sanitarian.

Developers can use infiltration basins, green roofs, rain barrels and rain gardens to capture runoff.

A rain barrel collects rainwater that can be used for numerous household tasks.

And now for the punch line, the narrator chuckling in advance, although so far her story hadn't been all that funny: «And imagine, three days later their daughter is going through the garden looking for anything of use, and right behind the rain barrel she stumbles on one of her Papa's arms.»

If you have spots in your yard with standing water after rain, or collect water in rain barrels, you can use Bacillus Thuringiensis israelensis (BTi) to kill the mosquito larvae.

For one puzzle I had to drag a flaming barrel into the rain in order to douse it before I could jump on it, using it as a platform.

If young and fresh H5N1 contaminated water from low local wells, cisterns, tanks, rain barrels or rice fields is used for water supply the water temperature for infection may be higher (at 24 °C the virulence of influenza viruses amount to 2 days) as in temperate climates (for «older» water from central water supplies cold water is decisive to virulence of viruses: at 7 °C the virulence of influenza viruses amount to 14 days).

I just bought a rain barrel and will use that water for the veggies.

LID techniques include the use of open swales, infiltration basins, vegetative buffers, rain gardens, rain barrels, maintaining natural topography, use of wetlands, and maintaining land cover.

A rain barrel is a small, above - ground tank that collects and stores rainwater for later use.

Lots of home and garden stores, nurseries, wineries, and the like will sell you used oak barrels that make beautiful and great wooden rain barrels.

Minimize or disconnect impervious surfaces (such as pavement), using methods such as rain barrels, narrower streets and permeable paving.

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Rainwater is harvested in a 200 - liter rain barrel, and the home uses a graywater holding tank that would allow residents to recycle their water.

So not only can rain barrels keep your water bills lowered (use that excess water in your gardens!)

Rain barrels are becoming increasingly popular because the water is free, it's softer and chlorine - free and, perhaps best of all, it's a huge boost to the environment because it reduces the energy used by municipalities to treat and pump potable water and sewage.

A rain barrel, which captures and stores rain water, can be used as a source of irrigation water.

And, instead of using expensive irrigation systems in your yard, rain barrels or other collection devices will do the work for free.

If you want to paint your rain barrel, first prime it, use acrylic paint.