{"id":115,"date":"2019-04-03T00:09:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T00:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanwest.biz\/blog\/?p=115"},"modified":"2019-04-12T22:29:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T22:29:47","slug":"fresh-rain-water-capture-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanwest.biz\/blog\/2019\/04\/03\/fresh-rain-water-capture-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Rain Water Capture in California"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To collect rain water, you need to select rain barrels made for rain capture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/americanwest.biz\/california\/raincapture.php\">https:\/\/americanwest.biz\/california\/raincapture.php<\/a><\/li><li>Should be easy to install with a modular design to expand capacity by simply linking multiple barrels <\/li><li>Barrels should installed at least 6 inches above ground for gravity discharge or to allow filling a bucket <\/li><li>Barrels stand can be made out of two 2&#215;6 pressure treated lumber custom cut to size sitting on concrete blocks <\/li><li>Barrel spigot should be bronze not plastic Barrel top\/cover should be easy to open for cleaning <\/li><li>Barrel filter should be easy to clean and prevents mosquitoes from going in Install overflow hose to divert excess water to a diverter away from the foundation  <\/li><li>A good rain can fill three barrels connected to each other in two days <\/li><li>Some Water Districts offer rebates.  You need to submit an application before you start your project for approval. <\/li><li>Lastly, you will have fresh rain water to use in your garden during the summer and you save on water bill. <\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To collect rain water, you need to select rain barrels made for rain capture. https:\/\/americanwest.biz\/california\/raincapture.php Should be easy to install with a modular design to expand capacity by simply linking multiple barrels Barrels should installed at least 6 inches above ground for gravity discharge or to allow filling a bucket Barrels stand can be made &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/americanwest.biz\/blog\/2019\/04\/03\/fresh-rain-water-capture-in-california\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fresh Rain Water Capture in California&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanwest.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanwest.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanwest.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanwest.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanwest.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/americanwest.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124,"href":"https:\/\/americanwest.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanwest.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanwest.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanwest.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}