Rain Barrels Available in Hamilton and Wenham

Hamilton, MA - Hamilton and Wenham have partnered with the Great American Rain Barrel Company in Hyde Park to offer recycled barrels to residents as part of a community wide water conservation program.

Hamilton is offering the Great American Rain Barrel in three colors; Forest Green, Earth Brown or Nantucket Gray at the low cost of $75 versus the retail price of $119. To take advantage of this community program discount please visit www.greatamericanrainbarrel.com, look for “community programs” in the left side bar and click on “Hamilton Wenham” or email info@tgarb.com or call (800) 251-2352. Deadline for ordering is April 16th. Barrels will be available for pick up on Saturday, April 23rd from 8:00am-Noon at the Hamilton DPW - 577 Bay Road Hamilton MA 01982.

“We have been selling barrels for 25 years and we are seeing a very positive trend. More and more neighborhoods and watershed areas nationwide, like Hamilton, are bringing large scale programs to their towns, encouraging more residents to conserve water but also helping their town mitigate pollution in the water supplies on a larger scale,” said Suzanne Gebelein, owner of the Great American Rain Barrel Company.

Homeowners can easily connect the barrels to their downspouts and significantly offset their watering needs. In this region there is typically 16” of rain from May 1st – September 30th. For every inch of rainfall a 1000 square foot surface can collect 620 gallons of water, that means that over the course of the extended summer months an average roof of 2400 square feet could see more than 20,000 gallons of fresh rainwater passing over its surface from May through September. That is a pretty significant source of water that homeowners could be tapping into for free. Just keeping a small 10’ x 10’ garden irrigated during the summer months can mean using up to 1700 gallons of water. Based on the average roof size, more than two 60 gallon rain barrels would fill for every 1/10” of rainfall. The Great American Rain Barrel Company recommends one barrel for every 100 square feet garden.

Image via www.greatamericanrainbarrel.com