Collecting rainwater, especially in dry climates, is a great way to reduce one’s water bill, and in some areas get better quality drinking water. Richard Heinichen of appropriately named Dripping Springs, TX had had enough with hard-water wells and decided to start collecting and filtering rainwater in barrels. Over the years this has led to a thriving business setting up rainwater harvesting systems in his local area as well as selling how-to books and videos. (see www.rainwater.org for more)
Rainwater Collection Makes Good Business
By Nick Aster | May 26th, 2005 
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May 26, 2005 at 13:16 pm PDT | WorldChanging: Another World Is Here writes:
Collecting Rainwater for Fun and Profit
Richard’s Rainwater has made an apparently profitable business out of selling rainwater harvesting systems. They have a great site, with lots of interesting tidbits: How…
June 20, 2005 at 20:38 pm PDT | bidhya writes:
well, it’s interesting to know about the rain water harvesting and it’s use… i’d like to know more about it….