Water Butt News
25/09/2007 - HMR homes praised for urban design
Wind turbines have been erected on several homes to provide some of their power needs. Water butts installed in the gardens allow rainwater collection. Full Story >
25/09/2007 - 10 environmental threats to rural Britain
Install a condensing boiler and a dual-flush WC, take short showers instead of baths, and fit water butts to downpipes. You can use your hosepipe legally with a DroughtBuster, which moves 'grey water' from your water butt Full Story >
21/09/2007 - Tenants move in to greener houses
The homes have been designed to recreate the original street frontage and have been built to high eco-standards, including the fitting of water butts to catch run-off during heavy rain and to reduce water consumption. Full Story >
21/09/2007 - Green homes that come with an allotment
Bricks and clay roof tiles are reclaimed; the water butts in the garden are old beer casks from the town's two breweries. Full Story >
20/09/2007 - Whose water is it anyway?
A Andrews, HertsHaving been very careful with our water ie, using washing up water to water our plants, collecting what rain we have had in our many water butts, having quick showers instead of baths etc Full Story >
16/09/2007 - Eco homes plan revealed
The homes will include measures to combat climate change such as solar panels for heating hot water, rain water butts, home composters, recycling facilities and cycle storage space. Full Story >
04/08/2007 - Green Your School Kid
"Eco-inspired imagination runs rife at Stratherrick Primary School near Inverness, with organic vegetables growing in the tyre garden and water butts collecting rain water in the wildlife garden." Full Story >
04/08/2007 - Homes Must Be Greener
Invest in a few water butts and a pump to allow 100% of saved rainwater to be hosed onto the garden. Hosepipe bans will no longer be a problem! Full Story >
29/07/2007 - Eco Homes Plan Revealed
The homes will include measures to combat climate change such as solar panels for heating hot water, rain water butts, home composters, recycling facilities and cycle storage space. Full Story >
27/07/2007 - Water Butts to help reduce flooding?
Amongst many other actions people can take to help reduce flooding, people can reduce the impact of heavy rainfall by installing water butts. Full story >
27/07/2007 - Flood defences
You can help at the individual level by installing water-butts, not concreting over our yards and gardens Full story >
22/07/2007 - 10 green properties with water butts
The 10 properties which costs upwards of £245,000, feature energy-saving initiatives like solar panels and wind turbines (subject to planning permission), water butts to capture rain water. Full story >
18/07/2007 - A place to grow
Pupils get used to the idea of being environmentally friendly including using water butts to save water at their school. Full story >
17/07/2007 - Elspeth Thompson investigates how to turn the rain to your advantage
"This can be done with conventional water butts, but also via more convoluted routes..." Full story >
11/07/2007 - Harleston Homes to have water butts
The homes will benefit from water butts and bird boxes whilst the communal landscaping of the development will major on the provision of open green spaces ... Full story >
