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Download rain barrel instructions (pg1 and pg2).

Details:

- 55 gallon Rain Barrels, recycled and food-grade.
- Attach them to your downspout and collect water to use in your garden or lawn this summer! One rainstorm filled ours.
- You'll need to prop the barrel up on blocks in order to use the rain barrel.
- Includes overflow tube, downspout adapter, screen, flexible elbow for gutter attachment, and full-flow on/off spigot.

Why use a rain barrel?

Rain barrels are a great way to conserve water. You can save the water to put on your lawn, shrubs or garden. Your kids can use it to water the lawn while YOU work in the garden

Rain barrels can be a fabulous method of controlling stormwater runnoff. By saving the first 55 gallons of water that comes off your roof, you reduce the amount of fast-flowing water that enters the streams and storm drains. This will help you reduce flooding. You can then release the water on a drier day to be absorbed into the ground to become clean water for ground water replenishment or stream replenishment.

Please see this blog from the Montgomery County Conservation District's website: http://www.rainbarrelguide.com/ to find out more about rain barrels!
If you live in Philadelphia, you should check here: http://www.phillywatersheds.org/whats_in_it_for_you/rainbarrel - sometimes they have classes and FREE barrels!

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