| Photos of Area Rain Barrels and Cisterns |
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| One of two 11,000-gallon cisterns to catch rooftop runoff at the new Langston- Brown School and Community Center on Lee Highway in Arlington (next to the Heidelberg Bakery). The water collected in the tank is used for landscape irrigation. The new school is Arlington's first building to be certified "green" by the U.S. Green Building Council. Click here to view a 2002 Washington Post article about Arlington's Green Building initiative. |
Copyright 2004
Falls Church City
Environment Web
Falls Church City
Environment Web
| Also... see the huge cisterns at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas. |
A 500-gallon cistern made from a tank
purchased at Poly Processing and
installed at a Falls Church home.
purchased at Poly Processing and
installed at a Falls Church home.
| "If there is magic on the planet, it is contained in water. " - Loren Eiseley, The Immense Journey, 1957 (more quotes) |
A 55-gallon rain barrel from
Arlington Echo Outdoor Education
Center installed at a Falls Church
home.
Arlington Echo Outdoor Education
Center installed at a Falls Church
home.
Copyright 2004 Falls Church City Environment Web
