Approximately 30% of U.S. household water use goes toward outdoor purposes like irrigation or car washing. Cutting back on that usage from your local water system can cut down on local pollution and ...

Susan Kroll wasn't squeamish about installing a rain barrel. Having lived in Thailand, where huge, impressive rain jars abound as part of an ancient tradition of capturing water from the sky, she ...

YORK, Pa. — Pennsylvania is fortunate to have a large resource of fresh water, but it’s important to conserve, especially during times of drought. Jodi Sulpizio, a natural resource educator with the ...

Hoosiers have experienced an abnormally dry spell with moderate drought conditions seeping into Central Indiana as spring turns to summer. The lack of recent rain spells frustration for residential ...

Laura Jayne had been waiting a year for a local nonprofit to install a rain barrel at her Hollygrove home. She could use it to grow her budding garden and shave a few dollars off her water bill in the ...

It's fun." Installing rain barrels is Green Light's current mission. It has put in 130, with a goal of 300 to honor the city's tricentennial. Green Light's first project, in 2007, used grants and ...

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules Homeowners pull up old linoleum floor—couldn't imagine what they'd find Canadian detained by Israeli forces ...

NEW ORLEANS — Marking 20 years since Hurricane Katrina, Entergy is partnering with Green Light New Orleans to help residents in flood-prone neighborhoods by installing rain barrels. The volunteer ...

Mt. Airy Business Improvement District (BID) is partnering with the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) to bring 15 rain barrels to Germantown Avenue this spring. The barrels will capture rainwater to ...