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    Default Rain Barrels

    Suddenly, I'm seeing a lot of these at inspections in Chicago in the North Shore suburbs.

    This morning was a great opportunity to watch them action as actually installed by typical homeowners....

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    It's important to have water stored to leak into your basement during droughts!

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    What a convenient place for an electrical outlet to be located.
    I guess it could be used to kill the mosquitoes in the barrel.

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    Least We forget Dumping All That Water Against the Conveniently Located Foundation.
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    Looks like it's kinda wet there in the windy city.


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    FYI, in some western states it is actually illegal to collect rain water.

    Rainwater Harvesting Poised To Grow In US West : TreeHugger


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    That installation is really not too surprising when you figure those rain barrells sell for $169 -$350 around here.

    The person who would pay that much for a 30 gallon trach can is likely to be the same person who thinks it's working just fine.


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