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Top Ten Reasons for Rain Barrels
The
following top ten list was presented at the International Conference on
Stormwater and Urban Water Systems Modeling held in Toronto on February 24,
2011.
10.
Mix in some Jell-o powder and Vodka
- you have the world largest Jell-o Shooter
9. Can no longer afford a barrel of oil.
8.
No rain barrel – no building
permit (it’s true in Australia)
7.
To send the Goldfish on a summer
vacation!
6.
To make lawyers’ brains explode in
water rights states.
5. Because "Pork Barrel" is
neither relevant nor politically correct.
4.
Nobody Forget the stormwater
benefit; I use it to irrigate my “green stuff” crop.
3.
To provide habitat for Canada’s
national bird, the mosquito.
2.
Because rain barrel is the easiest
LID to model in SWMM5!!
1.
If you have enough of them, you
could justify using the SWMM LID features
More reasons:
11.
To keep the Green Party from attacking your home.
12.
To avoid a citation from the Green Police
13.
Algae production business as an alternative fuel source
14.
To catch the tears of god (rain)
15.
A good cool place to hide your alcohol from your partner
16.
Stops the water from going into the greedy soil
17.
Dunk your drunk friends head in so he/she sobers up
18.
To appease David Suzuki
19.
If a Scooby Doo chase breaks out you can hide in it
20.
An excellent source of vitamin rain
21.
Squirrels scuba diving tank
22.
To keep some water from Nestle
23.
Environmentally sound wet T-shirt contest
24.
Add a few tea bags and make a large batch of Sun Tea....mmmmm
25.
Test your cell phone/cameras claim of water resistance
26.
Ineffective bomb shelter
27.
If you hold your ear to a rain barrel you can hear the ocean
28.
Self filling fish tank
29.
Outdoor shower
30.
Impractical paper weight
31.
Cheep above ground pool or hot tub depending on outside
temperature
32.
Doubles as a burn barrel in the winter when the furnace dies
33.
President Obama’s latest strategy to revitalize the economy
34.
An eye for an eye. A rain
barrel for every tree cut in the rain forest.
35.
No rain barrel – no building permit (true in Australia)
36.
Drink your (rain barrel) water; there are people thirsting in
India.
37.
Forget the CSO benefit, it tastes better than my tap water.
38.
Forget the runoff reduction, rain water is cleaner than tap water
in my country.
39.
If you have lost your shirt and pants in this lousy economy, you
could wear it.
40.
To keep mosquito population thriving in urban/suburban areas
following removal of used tires.
41.
To make lawyers brains explode in water rights states.
42.
So the developers can build another subdivision
43.
Because no mosquito larva should be homeless
44.
Support your local hooper!
45.
Because you can roll them out for a barrel of fun
46.
Because rain barrel is the easiest LID to model in SWMM5!!
47.
It makes flowers green with envy (and leads to the following terse
haiku) - "Rain Barrel, The” capture
the allure of nature and nurture horticulture
48.
Stormwater reuse opportunity that greatly extends the
functionality of empty beer kegs.
49.
Handy ammunition supply for water balloon fights.
50.
Just add goldfish - a real space-saver and low-maintenance
alternative to expensive koi ponds.
51.
They make a great hiding spot during hide & seek competition -
no one ever thinks to look in there!
Warning: please empty prior to game start.
52.
Because "Pork Barrel" is neither relevant nor
politically correct.
53.
Provides convenient distillate container for moonshining
operations (you know, on those lonely nights when you're doing long-term
continuous simulation runs).
Acknowledgements
Thanks to the following contributors:
·
Jay Dorsey
·
Karen Finney
·
Mike Gregory
·
Mitch Heineman
·
Kirby McRae
·
Karen Ridgeway
·
Sangameswaran Shyamprasad (Shyam)
Disclaimer
These
reasons are based on the responses provided by the members of the SWMM-USERS
discussion group. This list has no
technical or educational value; it's intended for entertainment only; and it is
not intended to be offensive to anyone.
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This page was last updated on February 23, 2011.