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Get the most out of the #1 rainwater harvesting website. Below is a general description of each major section of the website. Click on any of the major topics and it jumps to a general listing of the information in that section. Another click will take you directly to the page.

Front Page - An extensive list of articles covering almost every aspect of rainwater harvesting, water conservation and water management. Click on Front Page to review a list of the most recent and the most popular. Most browsers support a Find command and it is a easy way to search look for specific topic on the front page.

Articles - Older articles that have appeared on the website, but no longer on the front page

Vendors - A listing of well over a thousand vendors, state/city programs and public displays. A great way to see what is happening in your state. To find a specific part or vendor, use the Find feature of your browser, normally under the Edit command. For example, to find Bladders for tanks do a Find on Bladders and it will locate Bladders suppliers.

Resources - A great place to start if you are interested in doing your own thing. Lots of how-to resources covering rainbarrels to tanks.

New Products - A listing of the recent product announcements that have occurred in the industry.

News - Key water conservation, rainwater or related events in the news.

BLOG - Commentary on articles, news and related water topics. The blog features a comment section that allows readers to leave comments to posts as well as to post comments to others comments.

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions. We get a lot of questions from our readers, this is a list of the ones that we get most frequently.

Books - Read the latest books on water

Information Products - How to and important system sizing guides.

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Front Page

This page is updated at least once a week and features a What's New box at the top. This is new news and important recent developments in the rainwater and water management areas.

It also features over 70+ articles related to rainwater harvesting.

If you are interested in submitting an article for publication on the website, please drop me an email at doug at harvesth2o.com

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Vendors

Vendors by is a listing by State of suppliers, designers and installers of rainwater and water-related systems. Also in the area of the website are links to known regulations and state, county and city incentives as well as a listing of public sites that can be toured.

A small list of non-US vendors is also included on this page.

If you are a vendor and not included in this FREE listing, please drop us an email to get added.

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Resources Page

Getting Started with Rain barrels - These links help you get started with rain barrlels. Key links include finding and building FREE rain barrels.

Getting Started with Tanks or Cisterns  -These link help i f you're interested in larger scale systems including tanks and pumps. Key links include FREE and low costs ways of building items yourself. 

Advanced Rainwater Systems - The latest research from around the world.  

Worldwide Information Sites  - These sites and sample installations should give you plenty of ideas of what's possible and what is happening around the world.

Related Topics  - A collection of links to other sustainable life topics...

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New Products

New products is a listing of press releases and new products that have come to market in the last year.

To add new products reviews or press releases, send an email to, email Doug

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News

News is a running list by date of all the important news onf water, water rates, water conservation and rainwater harvesting. The side bar is on all pages and normally jumps to the News page. The side bar features the latest news it replicated on the News Page.

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FAQ

A growing, general list of questions received from readers or related to existing articles.

To submit a question, email Doug

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Books

Read the latest books on water. Also includes Films on water conservation and water in general. Some of the books and films listed include:

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July 2010

The carbon footprint of tap water

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June 2010

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April 2010

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March 2010

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February 2010

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January 2010

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November 2009

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October 2009

Soggy spots can prove a valuable resource >> more

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September 2009

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August 2009

Santa Fe Offers Rebates >> more

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July 2009

Texas Scorched by Worst Drought in 50 Years >> more

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New law legalizes rain catchment >> more

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Major project under way beneath new Gates Foundation >> more

Multinational company goes for rainwater in big way >> more

CO allows limited RWH, changes 120 year old law >> more

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