Amy Tsuneyoshi uses large water totes in her rainwater catchment system at her Aiea home. She also cultivates a variety of succulents and other plants that don’t require much water. Amy Tsuneyoshi ...

In New Orleans, it's advisable to keep an umbrella handy. Whether it's in the form of dreary sprinkles or a thunderstorm, rain is inevitable in this humid subtropical climate. Rain catchment systems, ...

Hardware Hawaii, a leading hardware store in Kapolei, is spotlighting sustainable water-saving solutions with its Rain Barrel water catchment systems. During a recent interview on Living808 with John ...

DENVER – Proponents of allowing Coloradans to collect rain from their roofs demanded “free the barrels.” On Wednesday, those barrels will be set free. That’s when a law passed by the Legislature this ...

Using rainwater can save money in the long run, especially amid rising utility costs. (Getty Images) Though people have been collecting rainwater for thousands of years, the process can be mystifying.

If you’ve ever talked about capturing and using the plentiful rainwater here in Oregon, someone has probably told you that it’s illegal. That would be wrong. It’s perfectly legal, providing you catch ...

Andrew Trujillo, a Pine River Garden Club board member, peered into the murky depths of a 50 gallon barrel of captured rainwater at Pine River Library Community Garden in Bayfield June 28. About two ...

Reporting from Sacramento — It was raining and Judy Adler had a broken gutter. What could have been a simple repair turned into an effort to capture rain and use it for her backyard pond. Since late ...