Rain barrel workshop

I recently attended this workshop and found it very worthwhile.  It's on my to-do list to install at my house.  [1]

If it is on yours, too, please check this out--

Rain Barrel Workshop at Henninger House 5757 Broadview Rd. in Parma on Wednesday, June 24th at 6:30 p.m. 

See http://www.westcreek.org [2] for more information. 

The barrel set up through West Creek with green infrastructure explanation provided by Linda Mack from the Northeast Ohio Sewer District amounted to a considerable savings over the usual rain barrel installation.  For fifty dollars, we "built" a standard rain barrel.  The next step for me will be to attach the barrel to my downspout.  I am weighing my options, but this appears to be the diverter model I will buy:

 I am also interested in how well David George has managed to parlay water conservation into a second career.  [3] I will have to give him a call--

http://www.bluewaterohio.com/ [4]