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| | filtered through layers of soil and rock
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| | before it ends up in ground water
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| | aquifers, lakes or streams. Without rain
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| Nevertheless, almost 40% of household H2O
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| | barrels, this water goes straight into
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| in Canada is used to water lawns and
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| | our sewers, often causing overflows of
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| gardens. This is extraordinarily
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| | raw sewage into the natural environment.
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| inefficient. It's also unnecessary.
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| | Setting up a rain barrel is simple.
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| "Using a rain barrel to catch water
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| | They're available at most Home Hardware
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| flowing from eaves troughs is a simple,
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| | and Home Building Centre locations for
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| cheap and effective way to water our
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| | anywhere from $75 for a basic model to
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| lawns and gardens," Derril Linseman,
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| | $150 for the deluxe variety. High-end
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| Product Manager at Home Hardware is quick
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| | barrels come equipped with screen
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| to point out. In fact, if your town bans
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| | filters, overflow hoses and taps.
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| watering during the dry season, a rain
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| | Once you've got your barrel, simply
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| barrel may be the only way to get your
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| | remove the bottom section of your eaves
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| greenery the water it needs.
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| | trough's downspout and set the barrel
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| Rainwater is air-temperature, oxygenated
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| | underneath. Then attach plastic tubing or
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| and unchlorinated - all of which make it
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| | flexible piping to the bottom of the
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| better for plants than municipal tap
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| | spout to direct water straight into your
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| water. As an added bonus, rain barrels
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| | barrel. It's really that simple. And the
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| divert rainwater from our sewers onto
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| | benefits are almost immeasurable.
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| porous ground. This means that it gets
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