Rain Barrels Available for Purchase

Have you ever heard of a Rain Barrel?

Rain barrels are used to recycle rainwater from your home's roof. They attach to your gutter's downspout, enabling you to catch rainwater and store it to water plants and gardens as needed. Rainwater is better for plants than municipal water because it's free of chlorine and other chemicals. Recycled rainwater can help you to have the best roses, fruit trees or tomatoes possible!

Rain Barrel Benefits:

• Decrease your water bill
• Promote gardening
• Decrease use of treated water for outdoor uses
• Decrease energy consumption normally required to treat and pump water and waste-water
• Decrease storm water runoff, since water seeps into the groundwater when used to water gardens and lawns
• Decrease flow to municipal waste-water treatment centers

In cooperation with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Park District has made rain barrels available for Franklin Park residents to purchase! Barrels stand about 3 feet high and are either black or blue, but can be painted. To reserve your barrel, fill out a Request Form and submit it with payment ($77 each) to the Community Center, 9560 Franklin Avenue. For more information, call 847-455-2852.