Discounted rain barrels available to Park City and Summit County residents

Post storm double rainbow magic. Photo: TownLift

PARK CITY, Utah — With the 2022 drought weighing on Utahns, residents of Park City, Summit County, Salt Lake County, Millcreek, Cottonwood Heights, Murray, Taylorsville, Herriman, Lehi, Orem, and customers of Mountain Regional Water can purchase rain barrels for a discount price of $55 thanks to the return of the RainHarvest program by the Utah Rivers Council.

Residents can order discounted rain barrels, while supplies last, at www.rainbarrelprogram.org/urc.

To purchase discounted rain barrels in these communities, individuals must go through a registration and verification process to ensure they are a resident of a participating municipality.

Rain barrels are also available for $83 for residents outside of these municipal boundaries.

Purchased rain barrels will be delivered to several locations where residents can them up after the sale closes in late April.

“We’re living amidst unprecedented drought and utilizing rain barrels to water our gardens and lawns is a straightforward, low-cost and convenient way to conserve water,” said Park City Councilor Max Doilney. “We must do what we can to conserve water. Any effort we make to do so, no matter how small, counts.”

Rain barrels are one of many tools Utahns can use to reduce their water use. Over 5,700 barrels have been purchased through the Utah Rivers Council’s RainHarvest program over the last seven years, meaning every time it rains enough to fill a 50-gallon barrel, 285,000 gallons of water can be saved from municipal water supplies.

“Our community listened last year when we asked them to conserve water,” said Lisa Hoffman, Assistant General Manager of Mountain Regional Water in Summit County. “This year Mountain Regional Water is excited to participate in the RainHarvest program to help our customers and their families continue their conservation efforts.”