Comments on: Safe Rainwater Harvesting Catchments http://www.rainbarrelguide.com How to use rain barrels for rain water harvesting Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:06:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=1830 By: steve http://www.rainbarrelguide.com/safe-rainwater-harvesting-catchments/#comment-24 steve Wed, 19 May 2010 16:14:01 +0000 http://www.rainbarrelguide.com/#comment-24 @J.Burgen, Stagnant water can be smelly; however not knowing what the barrels may have been used for before you used them as rain barrels puts me at a disadvantage. Try emptying them and using vinegar to clean them out. Then make sure they are a dark color and kept in the shade to help reduce the amount of algae growing inside. @J.Burgen,

Stagnant water can be smelly; however not knowing what the barrels may have been used for before you used them as rain barrels puts me at a disadvantage. Try emptying them and using vinegar to clean them out. Then make sure they are a dark color and kept in the shade to help reduce the amount of algae growing inside.

]]> By: linda http://www.rainbarrelguide.com/safe-rainwater-harvesting-catchments/#comment-16 linda Sat, 08 May 2010 19:34:33 +0000 http://www.rainbarrelguide.com/#comment-16 If you do not plan on using the water for drinking THE BEST way is to put a couple of cheap feeder goldfish in each barrel! I use several open barrels and they do a good job of eating the larve! They work for free and are always on the job! They are better than screens as those DAMN bugs always find a way in. I can't imagine why anyone would want to use anything else. If the fish can live in the water you know it is fit to give to your plants! If you do not plan on using the water for drinking THE BEST way is to put a couple of cheap feeder goldfish in each barrel! I use several open barrels and they do a good job of eating the larve! They work for free and are always on the job! They are better than screens as those DAMN bugs always find a way in. I can’t imagine why anyone would want to use anything else. If the fish can live in the water you know it is fit to give to your plants!

]]> By: steve http://www.rainbarrelguide.com/safe-rainwater-harvesting-catchments/#comment-15 steve Thu, 06 May 2010 15:32:53 +0000 http://www.rainbarrelguide.com/#comment-15 Paul, There are several options. First you could buy some screen and cover the whole where the water enters the barrel. The same screen you use for a screen door or window will work and can be found at your local hardware store. You can also buy a product called Mosquito dunks or Non Toxic Mosquito Control Bits. They kill the larva but will not harm the water. I have link to them below: http://www.cleanairgardening.com/mosquito1.html http://www.cleanairgardening.com/mosquitodunks.html Paul,

There are several options. First you could buy some screen and cover the whole where the water enters the barrel. The same screen you use for a screen door or window will work and can be found at your local hardware store.

You can also buy a product called Mosquito dunks or Non Toxic Mosquito Control Bits. They kill the larva but will not harm the water.

I have link to them below:

http://www.cleanairgardening.com/mosquito1.html
http://www.cleanairgardening.com/mosquitodunks.html

]]> By: J.Burgen http://www.rainbarrelguide.com/safe-rainwater-harvesting-catchments/#comment-7 J.Burgen Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:03:49 +0000 http://www.rainbarrelguide.com/#comment-7 I need an answer on possible problem of water in barrel becoming badly odorous. Our system, even with a screen, still ends up with small debris getting through due to our heavy tree cover. Someone told me that smelly water was no problem to water plants; but right now due to good rains I have a full pretty smelly barrel. Any suggestions? I need an answer on possible problem of water in barrel becoming badly odorous. Our system, even with a screen, still ends up with small debris getting through due to our heavy tree cover. Someone told me that smelly water was no problem to water plants; but right now due to good rains I have a full pretty smelly barrel. Any suggestions?

]]> By: Paul http://www.rainbarrelguide.com/safe-rainwater-harvesting-catchments/#comment-4 Paul Sat, 24 Apr 2010 02:28:06 +0000 http://www.rainbarrelguide.com/#comment-4 How do you keep Mosquito's from breeding in the rain barrel? How do you keep Mosquito’s from breeding in the rain barrel?

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