I have always considered water our most valuable commodity.
On average, each person uses 100 gallons of water per day for drinking, food, washing, flushing and watering lawns and gardens. A typical 4-person household uses 146,000 gallons per year. Homeowners spend up to a few thousand dollars a year in municipal water fees.
How much rain falls on a typical roof?
50,000 gallons annually!
That’s the answer when big and small homes are averaged together and different levels of rain fall are taken into account. A modest ½” of rain yields 700 gallons of rain water on a typical roof - and all of that pours through downspouts.
Rain barrels are an excellent way to collect and store rain water for use between rains, for example, to water gardens using soaker hoses. The cost to set up a few rain barrels is modest and easily recouped through savings from reduced water bills.
For more information, please refer to www.Rain2o.com
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