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Rain Barrels. Stefanie Gilliam. Goals and Objectives. Educate students about rain barrels Paint rain barrels to be used around campus Install rain barrels around campus Why Collect Rain Water? Lawn and garden watering make up nearly 40% of total household water use during the summer - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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STEFANIE GILLIAM
Rain Barrels
Goals and Objectives
Educate students about rain barrelsPaint rain barrels to be used around campusInstall rain barrels around campus
Why Collect Rain Water? Lawn and garden watering make up nearly 40% of total
household water use during the summer Rain barrels will save most homeowners about 1,300 gallons of
water during the peak summer months. A rain barrel collects and stores water that can be used to
water plants, wash your car, or to top off a swimming pool Provides "soft water" to homeowners, containing no chlorine, lime
or calcium
How Does a Rain Barrel Work?
What Are Other Schools Doing?
Very few actually using rain barrelsCommunity education
Classes to make your own rain barrel
SEC EAST
University of Florida Reclaimed water Community classes
University of Georgia Many programs
University of Kentucky 5 barrels on campus Plans to install more
University of Missouri Nothing mentioned
University of South Carolina Nothing mentioned
University of Tennessee Nothing mentioned
University of Georgia
Leader in the state for water resource management
Maintained a nearly 30% reduction in water use since 2007
15 cisterns on campus collect and store over 530,000 gallons of rain and condensate, including a gray water reuse system installed in the residence halls
Over fifty rain gardens have been installed to improve storm water and watershed health
SEC WEST
Auburn University Community classes
Louisiana State University Mississippi State University
Community classes on rain barrels and rain gardens Texas A&M University
Community classes On campus water treatment
University of Alabama Nothing mentioned
University of Arkansas Nothing mentioned
University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) 1 barrel on campus
Collects condensation from A/C unit
LSU’s Rain Barrels
Future Plans
Install the barrels in the Sustainable Garden
Timeline
Get rain barrels – Completed Get supplies to paint barrels – Completed Paint the base coat on the barrels –
Completed Spring Greening Day / Get the LSU
community to paint the barrels – Completed Install the barrels – Still needs to be done
Budget
Acrylic paint – $0.85 each * 15 bottles = $12.75
Colored spray paint – $5.50 * 6 cans = $33.00Clear spray paint – $4.00 * 5 cans = $20.00Drop cloth – $3.00Paint brushes – $0.69 * 20 brushes = $13.80Rain barrels – freeTotal – $82.55