Spring is just around the corner! It's the perfect time of year to consider adding a rain barrel to your home. By using rain barrels you can save water, save money, and help your local streams all at the same time. The Stream Team is hosting a workshop to teach you how to build, install and maintain your own rain barrel from an upcycled plastic drum. The water you save in a rain barrel can be used for watering lawns and flower gardens, and washing your car or tools. Rain barrels help decrease urban runoff to Lake Champlain by capturing and holding rain water during a storm, and that means cleaner water for everyone.

What: Build Your Own Rain Barrel Workshop
When: Session 1: Saturday, April 18th 9:00am-10:00am
Session 2: Saturday April 18th 11:00am-12:00pm
Where: Essex Fire Department Conference Room (190 Sand Hill Road, Essex Junction, VT 05452
Cost: $40
Register Here: http://rethinkrunoff.org/events/essex-workshop/
Space limited to 20 rain barrels per session. Town of Essex residents will be given first priority, but residents of other towns will be put on a waitlist and notified of class availability by April 1st. Email Stream Team Coordinator, Kristen Balschunat with questions: kristen@winooskinrcd.org.
Rethink Runoff's Stream Team is a project to engage citizens across a nine-town area (Burlington, Essex, Essex Junction, Milton, Shelburne, South Burlington, Williston, Winooski, and Colchester) to implement projects to reduce nonpoint source pollution and stormwater volume at the local level. The program is managed by the Chittenden County Municipal Separate Storm Sewer designated towns and run by the Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District.

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