CLEVELAND -- Oatey, a Cleveland manufacturer of valves, solvents and other plumbing products, is dipping into rain barrels. The company recently designed a device to divert water from gutter ...

Q: The downspouts from my roof empty out right next to my home. I think this contributes to my wet basement. I know it keeps my grass soggy. Friends tell me to just install simple plastic downspout ...

OTTAWA — April showers bring May flowers, but that doesn’t mean you can’t help speed up the process. Ottawa Riverkeeper, a non-profit dedicated to protecting the health of the Ottawa River, has ...

Amazing how good ideas of the past are forgotten, then rediscovered. The rain barrel is back. My grandfather had one. It gathered his roof water and stored it for dry times. His was the simplest model ...

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