Resources

There are many online guides for rain barrels and municipalities, organizations and businesses promoting the use of water conservation practices and technologies.

Prairie Rain Harvester
http://www.prairierainharvester.com/

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
http://www.mwrd.org/barrel/

University of Illinois Extension
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gardenerscorner/issue_02/summer_04_06.html

Lt. Governor Pat Quinn’s Rain Garden Page
http://www.standingupforillinois.org/cleanwater/rg_index.php