Commissioner Terrence J. O’Brien, president of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) stated that, “Your garden will love you for being green and so will your wallet. Selling at a fraction of the cost of most suppliers, rain barrels are available to the general public from the MWRD.”

In its effort to promote storm water Best Management Practices (BMPS), the MWRD is encouraging residents to be proactive environmental stewards by purchasing a rain barrel available online at www.mwrd.org. The economy has been hard on the wallet, but maintaining your landscaping can be done relatively inexpensively with a little help from MWRD rain barrels.