Rain Barrels
James City County has been offering a $50 check per rain barrel purchased by citizens of James City County for up to 4 rain barrels. The following information is from the James City County Public Service Authority's web site.
Check
with your local hardware and gardening stores or try the list below.* It is
accurate to the best of our knowledge, but availability is subject to change.
Cookes
Gardens and Landscaping
plans
to begin carrying rain barrels in January of 2008
(757)
220-0099
Let
It Grow, Inc.,
plans to begin carrying them in the Spring of 2008
3279
Lake Powell Road,
(757)
220-0606
*The
JCSA does not endorse specific brands, products, or dealers. List is in
alphabetical order and does not denote preference. If you are a local dealer
that offers rain barrels and you are not on our list, or if you notice that our
list is otherwise out of date, please let us know. JCSA reserves the right to
control web content.
Where
do I buy one online?
Aquabarrel
sells rain barrels as well as kits with instructions in case you already have a
barrel. (Please check barrel specifications.)
Aaron's
Rain Barrels & More
sells rain barrels including rustic oak whiskey barrel and whiskey barrel with
rain chain.
How
do I make one?
A
wealth of instructions can be found online! Rain barrels are cheap and quick to
make. Use an online search engines such as Google,
Yahoo,
MSN,
or others to search make
rain barrel
or try the links below*:
Arid-Southwestern
Gardening Information: Rain Barrels Idea For Banking Summer Rains
Center
for Watershed Protection: How to Build and Install A Rain Barrel (.pdf)
City
of Bremerton: Make Your Own Rain Barrel
City
of Olympia: Conservation—Rain Barrels (includes instructions)
Clean
Virginia Waterways: Rain Barrels for harvesting rain water
Covington
Water District Water Conservation Program (.pdf)
Environmental
Design
Program: What is a Rain Barrel? (includes instructions; .pdf)
Maryland
Department of the Environment: Building a Rain Barrel (.pdf)
Suite
101: How to Make a Rain Barrel
University
of Florida IFAS Extension: How to Build a Rain Barrel
*The
JCSA does not endorse specific rain barrel designs, websites, dealers, or
organizations. These sites have not been reviewed by JCSA for content, so use at
your own risk. List is in alphabetical order, and does not denote preference. If
you have a website that contains rain barrel instructions and you are not on our
list, or if you notice that our list is otherwise out of date, please let us
know. JCSA reserves the right to control web content.
Where
can I buy containers and other parts in order to make my own rain barrels?
If
you’re building your own rain barrel, try local food and beverage distributors
and discount superstores for containers. Be sure to use a container that was
made to hold liquid and has not contained dangerous chemicals. A trash can will
not withstand the pressure of the water for long.
For parts such as faucets, screens, washers, and lock nuts to combine with your barrel, try local hardware stores or Aquabarrel
for a parts kit. See Aquabarrel for kit details.”Local
sources of appropriate barrels that may be available for conversion into rain
barrels* (subject to availability):
Charlie’s
Antiques and Reproductions
may have oak barrels, once used in whiskey and wine production and recently used
on the set of the John Adams mini-series. Staff members have constructed a rain
barrel, and may be able to provide useful advice.
(757)
566-8300
The
Williamsburg Winery
may
have a small supply of used wine barrels available late fall or early winter
5800
(757)
229-0999
wine@wmbgwine.com
Wal-Mart
occasionally carries used whiskey barrels. They have in the past carried them in
the spring.
(757)
220-2772
*The JCSA does not endorse specific stores, brands, products, or materials. Use barrels and other materials at your own risk. If you are a local retailer that offers rain barrels and you are not on our list, or if you notice that our list is otherwise out of date, please let us know. JCSA reserves the right to control web content.
