Back in the day, as "they" say, it was more common than not for folks to collect their rainwater and use it for a variety of tasks. A barrel at the end of the rainspout could collect enough to water ...

One inch of rain pouring down on an average-sized residential roof creates 748 gallons of stormwater runoff, according to the King County Wastewater Treatment Division. After collecting debris, waste ...

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, we built a little outdoor shelter in the heart of our new backyard. With the optimism of newbies, and visions of free water, we installed a series of three connected rain barrels ...

In what is considered a breakthrough for rainwater codes and standards moving forward, the United States General Services Administration (GSA) has accepted its proposed change for the Facilities ...

LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) — In an effort to conserve water, the city of Leander is starting a rainwater harvesting program that provides the community a discounted price on collection barrels for their ...

DEATH VALLEY, Calif. — The arid desert landscape of Death Valley is not the obvious place to find water. Yet it's here, in one of the planet's hottest and driest places, that Massachusetts Institute ...

Architects and designers have recycled ancient practice of collecting rainwater to make buildings ecologically friendly ...