STEFANIE GILLIAM

Rain Barrels

Goals and Objectives

Educate students about rain barrelsPaint rain barrels to be used around campusInstall rain barrels around campus

Why Collect Rain Water? Lawn and garden watering make up nearly 40% of total

household water use during the summer Rain barrels will save most homeowners about 1,300 gallons of

water during the peak summer months. A rain barrel collects and stores water that can be used to

water plants, wash your car, or to top off a swimming pool Provides "soft water" to homeowners, containing no chlorine, lime

or calcium

How Does a Rain Barrel Work?

What Are Other Schools Doing?

Very few actually using rain barrelsCommunity education

Classes to make your own rain barrel

SEC EAST

University of Florida Reclaimed water Community classes

University of Georgia Many programs

University of Kentucky 5 barrels on campus Plans to install more

University of Missouri Nothing mentioned

University of South Carolina Nothing mentioned

University of Tennessee Nothing mentioned

University of Georgia

Leader in the state for water resource management

Maintained a nearly 30% reduction in water use since 2007

15 cisterns on campus collect and store over 530,000 gallons of rain and condensate, including a gray water reuse system installed in the residence halls

Over fifty rain gardens have been installed to improve storm water and watershed health

SEC WEST

Auburn University Community classes

Louisiana State University Mississippi State University

Community classes on rain barrels and rain gardens Texas A&M University

Community classes On campus water treatment

University of Alabama Nothing mentioned

University of Arkansas Nothing mentioned

University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) 1 barrel on campus

Collects condensation from A/C unit

LSU’s Rain Barrels

Future Plans

Install the barrels in the Sustainable Garden

Timeline

Get rain barrels – Completed Get supplies to paint barrels – Completed Paint the base coat on the barrels –

Completed Spring Greening Day / Get the LSU

community to paint the barrels – Completed Install the barrels – Still needs to be done

Budget

Acrylic paint – $0.85 each * 15 bottles = $12.75

Colored spray paint – $5.50 * 6 cans = $33.00Clear spray paint – $4.00 * 5 cans = $20.00Drop cloth – $3.00Paint brushes – $0.69 * 20 brushes = $13.80Rain barrels – freeTotal – $82.55