The Pennsylvania Resources Council Watershed Awareness/Rain Barrel Workshop will raise your awareness of watershed issues, demonstrate how to assemble and install a retrofitted 55-gallon drum/rain barrel, and offer other rainwater harvesting options.

Participants will receive the necessary hardware to assemble and install a rain barrel for rainwater harvesting and on-site usage. Workshops will be held--

· March 15 - Westinghouse Lodge, Forest Hills - from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.;

· April 5 - Whole Foods Market, Shadyside – from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.;

· April 11 - CCI Center, South Side - from 6:30-8:00 p.m.;

· April 19 - Mt. Lebanon Library, Mt. Lebanon – 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.;

· April 30 - East End Food Co-op, Point Breeze- from 6:30-8:00 p.m.; and

· May 6 - Urban Gardener, North Side- from Noon – 1:15 p.m.

When you attend the PRC workshop you will learn how to harvest rainwater from your roof, store it and use it in your landscape. Take advantage of this free source of precious water while at the same time contributing to improved water quality in our rivers and streams by reducing your contribution to combined sewer overflow, flooding and polluted urban runoff.

Learn how to practice watershed protection and conservation in your own backyard. It’s easier than you think!

The cost for the workshop is $30/person or $40/couple and someone will win the rain barrel used in the workshop.

For more information call 412-431-4449 x247 or visit the Rain Barrel Workshop webpage.

3/9/2007