Rainwater Harvesting
About this event
Imagine using rain from your rooftop to water your garden, wash your clothes and even flush your toilets.
Learn how you can buy a rain barrel from the City of Guelph and access rebates up to $2,000 for whole home rain water harvesting systems. This can be your first step to register your home for the Blue Built Home program.
While people usually start with rain barrels for outdoor use, some realize the opportunity is much greater than just a couple of 200 litre containers. What if we stored 1,000 – 2,000 litres or much more, to use year round inside and outside our homes.
The process may seem daunting at first. But, the reduction in your monthly water consumption and benefits to the environment can be well worth it.
Join us as we explore the options from seasonal rain barrels to year round rainwater harvesting systems:
Rainwater Harvesting
Thursday , March 24, 2022
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Our Rain Water Experts include:
- Stephanie Shouldice, City of Guelph , Blue Built Homes
- Evan Bell, WaterFarmers Urban Agriculture
- Larry Pomerantz, RainBarrel.ca
- Ben Morrison, Clean Flo
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The sponsors of this event:
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This is a pre-registered event. To simplify the process we’re asking you to register via Eventbrite so that we can do a better job of keeping track of registered candidates.
There are three ways to register: paid, free or donation.
- $5 ($7.14 including all fees) for each event
- Free
- Donation of your choosing
As you can imagine, the pandemic has brought challenges to eMERGE. If you are able to afford it, we would appreciate you purchasing a ticket for at least $5 – or a donation in an amount of your choosing. (note that we are a not-for-for-profit – , but not a registered charity. As a result we are unable to provide tax receipts).
We also want this event to be accessible to everyone. For this reason we also have a ‘Free’ ticket for those of you that may not be able to afford the ticket price.
About eMERGE
eMERGE Guelph Sustainability fights climate change to build a healthier society. It does this by engaging, and equipping Guelphites to transition to a 100% renewable energy (100RE) economy. It uses the narrative of achieving 100% Renewable Energy by 2050 as a positive goal to win this battle. This is done primarily by helping people reduce energy and water use through an individual residential focus along with community events, outreach and engagement that promote smart behavior, policy and improved efficiency to help Guelph build a road map to beat climate change and achieve 100% renewable energy by 2050.