Re: Rainwater collection -Reply

[William Vannerson <William_Vannerson@ama-assn.org>]

>>I find the dark blue 55 gallon plastic barrels are the best and
retard algae with their dark color.<<

I've often toyed with the idea of adding a "rain barrel" to one of my down
spouts to collect water.  Anyone have experience with this?  I'm
concerned about:

Cost (wooden barrels are expensive)
Filtering out debris
Insect control (is screening adequate)

Bill Vannerson
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/william_vannerson