The 2017 landscape season is the first full growing season rain barrels are legal to use in Colorado. Since May is typically our rainiest month, there’s still time to implement a rain-barrel system.

Rain barrels When people get a rain barrel, the hardest part is cutting the gutter in order to attach it to the rain barrel, said Diane Dorsch of Derby, a master gardener who started making rain ...

Diverting gutter downspouts into a rain barrel, or at least away from pavement, is one small way to decrease the amount of polluted runoff that ends up in our freshwater bodies.

When installed correctly, these decorative alternatives to traditional downspouts can conserve water, reduce erosion and add ...

You can double the disconnection benefits if you direct your gutter to a rainwater harvesting cistern or rain barrel. Rainwater harvesting not only reduces runoff, but it also serves as a free ...

Rain barrels can save homeowners tons of money on their water bills. Nick Huebner from Keeney Home Services joins Amy outside to talk about how easy it is to install a rain barrel to your gutters ...

Now a local agency, the Inland Empire Resource Conservation District, is offering rain barrels that attach to rain gutters and can be diverted to provide the deep watering that trees require ...

Raritan Headwaters Association, the nonprofit watershed watchdog, will offer “how to” workshops on building rain barrels and bluebird nest boxes.