Rain barrels and cisterns capture runoff from our roofs, which is the ideal way for harvesting, considering surface area. The principle, of course, is that rain runs down the roof into gutter ...

Last October I found myself walking across a golden field on the outskirts of Rome. Large bales of hay dotted the landscape before me, a welcome site to those of us trotting across what would have ...

Have you ever noticed those big cast-iron pipes sticking up out of the ground in various places around the outside of old houses? They're old rainleaders. They took rainwater from the roof and brought ...

The painted pavement indicates the underground cistern at the Pico Library in Santa Monica. Photo: Avishay Artsy With periods of extreme drought expected to increase in the Southland, as well as an El ...

Climate change isn’t just about extreme heat and rising sea levels—another side effect of greenhouse gas emissions is intense rainfall. Enter rainwater harvesting. All that water needs to go somewhere ...

Today, The Herald published my latest Home & Garden story. It was about rain barrels, in honor of Earth Day. Rain barrels are wonderful things, catching the rain and allow you to use it later. They ...

Rainwater is going to be recycled in several Erie County locations, substituting the millions of gallons of potable water that municipalities pay for and use for things like watering public gardens ...

Aug. 1—Marc Bedner shakes his head in disbelief while standing by his two rain-catching cisterns placed at an outside corner of his home in Eldorado. He glances at the brown tanks, both connected to a ...

Twelve-year-old Isabella Conway with art supplies in front of a mural she painted. Photo courtesy of the city of Hendersonville Press release from the city of Hendersonville: The City of ...