Save Money & Reduce Pollution!

One benefit, of course, is, you with the harvesting of rainwater, you can use it for irrigation or other purposes. You are saving money by doing that. The other benefit is kind of a broader benefit. If you have an environmental mindset or approach, you are not needlessly discharging water from your property into the city utility storm drainage system including street storm drains, ditches, and canals that are unfiltered. This water goes directly unfiltered out into adjacent water bodies such as streams, rivers, and oceans. This water is carrying sediment and pollutants which is something that we need to be aware of. Pollutants are in a lot of our stormwater nowadays, especially in the suburbanized and urbanized areas. Even in our rural areas, you have pesticide & herbicide runoff and things such as that. These things are important to be aware of as different types of pollutants do exist in water to varying degrees. Trying not to have all these excessive amounts of unfiltered water going into public areas such as oceans, streams, rivers, and lakes that we use for our recreation is a good standard to achieve in our neighborhoods and the communities in which we live.