Rain Barrel Initiative

Reduce Your Stormwater Footprint

To reduce the amount of water rushing into Nine Mile Run during a rainstorm, it is important to keep as much rainwater as possible on your lot. By doing so, you prevent the rain from flowing over hard surfaces such as roads and driveways, picking up pollutants, and flooding and eroding Nine Mile Run. The water can slowly soak through the soil and into the water table, being cleansed by soils and plants along the way.

Nine Mile Run Rain Barrel Initiative

The Rain Barrel Initiative currently features our own locally produced barrels with an improved design. The barrel holds an impressive 133 gallons of stormwater and with its removable lid, the barrel is easy to install and maintain.

NMRWA is installing rain barrels throughout the Nine Mile Run Watershed . We are focusing barrel installations on homes in four "study neighborhoods" within the Nine Mile Run Watershed. These study neighborhoods will help us demonstrate the effectiveness of rain barrels on lowering the amount of stormwater runoff into our waterways.

Residents in the four study neighborhoods listed below will be offered free rain barrels, free installation, and free technical support for two years. NMRWA staff will first assess the property to see if there is an appropriate location for a barrel. Below are links to maps and eligible residences in the four study neighborhoods.

PLEASE do not purchase barrels until you have checked to see if you are located inside the Nine Mile Run Watershed!

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Rain barrels are also available to all Nine Mile Run
Watershed and Allegheny County residents as follows:

Rain Barrels for Watershed Residents:
$100 each + tax

 

Additional Barrels for Watershed Residents:
$90 each + tax

 

Rain Barrels Outside the Nine Mile Run Watershed:
$275 each + tax

 

Additional Barrels Outside the Watershed (10% discount):
$247.50 + tax

 

Delivery Within Allegheny County:
$50 (Outside the Watershed)

 

Assessment and Installation:
$75 (In Allegheny County, outside the Watershed)

 

NMRWA "Steward" Membership With Technical Support:
$100 (Includes on-site repair and/or replacement of any faulty parts and assistance with seasonal maintenance.)

 

NMRWA "Protector" Membership With Rain Barrel: $500 (Includes rain barrel, property assessment, installation, and technical support for one year anywhere in Allegheny County.)

 

 

 

 

Thanks to our funders:


The PA Department of Environmental
Protection’s Growing Greener II Program

The Richard King Mellon Foundation

Roy A Hunt Foundation