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Re: Rainbarrels (was cinderblock holes)

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Here's a web page about it:
http://www.europa.com/environmentalservices/dd.htm

The city listed some ideas in the literature when the downspout deconnection
project was going on and I got a person's name from them. The guy was moving
on to other projects and  gave me the barrels for 1/2 price ($65 each with
all fittings included). I had to purchase and  configure the downspouts to
drain into where I placed the barrels. I have seen some plans for these type
of rainbarrels in permaculture books.
Tom
Portland OR,  Zone 8
http://www.teleport.com/~scut/garden.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: Jan France <janf@dimensional.com>
To: Tom Scut <scut@teleport.com>; sqft <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Sunday, June 20, 1999 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: Rainbarrels (was cinderblock holes)


>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
>Tom Scut said:
>
>>55 gallon food grade plastic drums, they were prefitted with an opening in
>>top and overflow and a hose attachment at the bottom. You can get an idea
of
>>what they look like from the pics on my web page. I paid for them out of
>>money ($155) that local governement reimbursed us for disconnecting our
rain
>>downspouts from going into the sewer system.
>
>Tom, did the local government also supply the food grade plastic drums,
>or did you get them elsewhere? Who prefitted them with the opening and
>overflower and hose attachment?
>
>I'm very interested in trying something like this, although our county
>doesn't reimburse for anything.
>


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