FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 4, 2015
APALACHICOLA
RESERVE HOSTS RAIN BARREL BUILDING WORKSHOP
 Participants learn how to build a rain barrel and help reduce stormwater
runoff.
APALACHICOLA - The
Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve’s Coastal Training Program is hosting a rain barrel workshop on Saturday, Feb. 14, where participants
will learn how to construct a rain barrel to harvest rain for future use. This
will be the sixth rain barrel workshop that the Apalachicola Research Reserve’s
Coastal Training Program has conducted.
The workshop
will also teach participants about stormwater runoff pollution, the impact it
has on water quality and how rain harvesting can reduce this type of pollution.
Other green infrastructure technology such as rain gardens, green roofs and
bioswales will also be discussed prior to the hands-on portion of the
workshop.
Following the
discussion, participants will assemble a 35-gallon
rain barrel that they can take home. The Coca-Cola Company donated the barrels
used in this workshop.
WHAT: Rain Barrel Building Workshop
WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 14
9 a.m. - noon
COST: $20
for one barrel
$35 for two barrels
WHERE: Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve
108 Island Dr.
Eastpoint, FL 32328
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