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USA: North Texans are turning to rainwater collection

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What’s the use of one blue barrel with 55 gallons of rainwater against a severe, years-long drought? A lot.

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USA: Another drought in Texas looming?

By on December 1, 2012 in drought, Harvesting Rainwater, Jo Jo Tanks, JOJO, jojo tank prices, JoJo Tanks, jojo tanks products, JOJO TENKE, jojo water tank, JOJO WATER TANKS, LOCAL TANK DEALERS, natural environmental disasters, plastic water tanks, rainwater harvesting, RAINWATER TANKS, TANK STANDS, TENK, water conservation, water storage, WATER TANK, water tank dealers, WATER TANK PRICES, water tanks

Water managers are eyeing their gauges, farmers are watching wheat fields wither, ranchers are recalculating their herd numbers and city dwellers are dragging out their sprinklers again as drought rapidly intensifies across Texas. A new federal survey shows the dreaded “d-word” is worming its way back as rainfall deficits mount and soil moisture, stream flows […]

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Texas Rain Bottling Company, Uses Rainwater Even Amid Drought

By on November 22, 2012 in Harvesting Rainwater, Jo Jo Tanks, JOJO, jojo tank prices, JoJo Tanks, jojo tanks products, JOJO TENKE, jojo water tank, JOJO WATER TANKS, LOCAL TANK DEALERS, plastic water tanks, RAINWATER, RAINWATER COLLECTION, rainwater harvesting, rainwater harvesting equipment, RAINWATER SYSTEMS, RAINWATER TANKS, TANK STANDS, TENK, water conservation, WATER SAVING, water storage, WATER TANK, water tank dealers, water tank installation, WATER TANK PRICES, water tanks

Money may not grow on trees but apparently it can fall from the sky, assuming you know how to collect, filter and bottle it. In this case, that money comes in the form of rainwater. That’s right, Texas business owner David Schraub seems to be turning that most basic compound into cold hard cash with […]

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Texas, USA: Saving Up for a Dry Day

By on November 16, 2012 in drought, Harvesting Rainwater, harvesting water, Jo Jo Tanks, JOJO, jojo tank prices, JoJo Tanks, jojo tanks products, JOJO TENKE, jojo water tank, JOJO WATER TANKS, LOCAL TANK DEALERS, plastic water tanks, RAINWATER COLLECTION, rainwater harvesting, rainwater harvesting equipment, RAINWATER SYSTEMS, RAINWATER TANKS, saving water, TANK STANDS, TENK, WATER SAVING, water shortages, water storage, WATER SYSTEMS, WATER TANK, water tank dealers, water tank installation, WATER TANK PRICES, water tanks

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Last year, as a ferocious drought tightened its hold on Texas, John Kight, a landowner in the Hill Country west of here, was getting calls. Eleven years ago, Mr. Kight installed a rainwater harvesting system at his rural home, and as wells started to go dry around the state in 2011, other […]

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