There are many ways to make your home and garden more sustainable parts of your life, from adding solar panels to generate more of your own electricity to choosing plantings that need less water.

Rainwater collection seems like a no-brainer for any type of new construction, especially for a house. Whether it's watering household plants, keeping the pool full or augmenting an entire landscape, ...

As one of the hottest and driest summers on record constricts outdoor water use, more homeowners and businesses are tapping their own private supplies of rainwater and air-conditioning condensation.

Rain barrels, garbage cans, corrugated tanks… most water collection systems have a problem: they’ve got ugly written into their DNA. An unfortunate evolution, granted that rainwater storage has been ...

Every year, the Earth's surface receives tons of rain. In many parts of the world, rainwater collection is the only way to obtain potable drinking water. In others, collecting rainwater is against the ...

Question: I am wanting to design and install a rainwater collection system, and would like recommendations on suppliers, how to operate, detailed info on construction, capacity and pumping. Any info ...

The Acqua Viva rainwater collection system is made up of a series of spiraling Flowforms that collect rainwater and send it into storage vessels. The terracotta flowforms and vessels are designed to ...

RED LION, Pa. — A York County business announced Tuesday it has completed installation of a 55,000-gallon underground rainwater harvesting system that will collect an estimated 1.3 million gallons of ...

FORT SILL, Okla. - At Fort Sill, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking positive steps to increase energy efficiency and preserve resources by harvesting rain and sunlight. The design and ...

TEANECK — A rainwater harvesting system, which is believed to be the first of its kind built on the East Coast, will help township students learn about water conservation and sustainability. The ...

In this series on design for water scarcity, we’ve been talking primarily about the American West. At the Arid Lands Institute, the southern California design lab that has appeared in most of these ...