In this Sept. 13, 2009 image released by Alice Snider, a decorated rain barrel, “Butterfly Garden,” is connected to a downspout in a backyard, where it will capture rainwater for watering garden beds.

A decorated rain barrel is connected to a downspout in a backyard, where it will capture rainwater for watering garden beds. Robin Blair does what she can to help her plants thrive. She plants them in ...

PARMA On Monday, City Council passed two ordinances that it hopes will help residents curb flooding on their properties. One ordinance will require some homeowners to disconnect their downspouts from ...

Thousands of businesses and homeowners from Cleveland to Parma to Shaker Heights have already hooked up rain barrels to their downspouts. And a lesser, but growing, number of others are planting water ...

Collecting rainwater for use during dry months is a practice that can be traced back nearly 2,000 years. Many homeowners are returning to the practice of collecting rainwater to save money and protect ...

PARMA Residents wanting to install a rain barrel in their yards will have to pay a steeper fee than what was originally believed. The fee is $31 for one barrel, $32 for two, $33 for three and so on.

As precious a resource as water is, it makes sense to get the most out of every drop. And when hundreds of gallons of rain fall on the roof during just a one-inch rain, it becomes clear rainwater is a ...

A rain barrel is a small, aboveground storage tank that collects rainwater from rooftop gutter downspouts, and stores it for use in the garden. When installing a rain barrel, an important ...

Rain barrels are good for the environment, they reduce storm water runoff and they promote conservation. But the standard Water Department issued barrel are about as pretty as those human-cargo ...