Did you know that by the year 2050, some 4 billion people (that's over half of the entire world's population) will be facing severe water shortages? In the United States, people living in Southwestern states like Arizona could be facing severe freshwater shortages even sooner -- by 2025! Scary, huh?
There is an easy, free solution - capture your rainwater! RainReserve is a practical and sustainable system that stores your rainwater to be used for activities that do not need filtered water, such as washing your car, watering your plants, or even for industrial cooling systems. When an inch of rain falls on a 1,000 square foot roof, the water used can fill (12) 55 gallon tanks. This water can make a real difference in conserving nature's precious resource, and it's free!
RainReserve attaches to your downspout and diverts rainwater from your gutter system into a rain barrel. It is designed to allow leaves and other large debris to pass through the diverter and out the downspout, leaving pure and clean rainwater in the barrel. When the rain barrel is full, the rainwater will be re-diverted through the RainReserve Diverter and directed back to your gutter, therefore keeping intact your original water drainage system.
RainReserve Diverter Kits need to work in tandem with a Recyclable Rain Barrel . Available in either single or double capacity systems.
You should disconnect your rain barrel before the first hard freeze. If you empty all water out of your barrel, you can keep it attached for a few additional weeks; just make sure you are completely emptying it every time it fills.
We recommend washing the barrel when disconnecting it for the season. Use an
environmentally friendly solution of 2 tsp. of castile soap + 2 tsp. vinegar or lemon juice per gallon of water for cleaning, swishing the solution around inside the barrel then rinsing the inside of the barrel with a garden hose. A concentrated spray nozzle will work well to remove residue from the inside of the barrel.
You should wait until the first good rain of the springtime has fallen before reattaching your rain barrel. The first good rain should flush considerably more debris from the roof and gutters than subsequent rains. Attaching your rain barrel before this point may increase the chances of clogging the diverter.
