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• n  drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds

• If the village were filled with able-bodied men, who could have built rainwater-collecting units on rooftops and in the fields, the situation would not be so dire.
• Fruits and vegetables would grow there, using water collected by natural drainage (the land would be contoured to capture most rainwater, with excess flowing into ditches and ponds .
• After Grandma sold her house to pay some gambling debts, Lum was brought up in a wooden shack without running waterunless you counted the rainwater that would regularly seep in .

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News & Articles

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• Residents warned to avoid brook and ponds in Shrewsbury and Northborough after sewage overflow
  State officials advised people to stay away from a brook in Shrewsbury and two ponds in Northborough until at least Monday as a precaution after a sewage system overflowed with rainwater. Water from the week’s rainstorms dislodged a manhole cover, and untreated sewage mixed with rainwater spilled into Hop Brook in Shrewsbury, which flows to Smith Pond and Thayer Pond in Northborough. Drinking ...
  June 15, 2013 - Boston Globe
• True Romance: Sanger couple roped each other on the rodeo circuit
  It only took seconds for rodeo star Tyrel Turner to capture Shawna Rainwater’s heart when they met in Cody, Wyo., in June 2007.
  June 14, 2013 - Dallas Morning News
• Discussion of rainwater harvesting for urban gardeners in Somerville June 12
  The Somerville Garden Club will host Rainwater Harvesting for Urban Gardners at the Tufts Administration Building at 167 Holland St. on June 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. The talk by Josh Briggs will focuse on small-scale systems, including solar-powered, suitable for the city gardener. Design, construction and local projects will be discussed. For information visit www.somervillegardenclub.org.
  June 11, 2013 - Somerville Journal

Quotes

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• Malcolm Turnbull in Townsville Bulletin
  No consideration has ever been given to taxing rainwater tanks,Mr Turnbull said.
• Peter Debnam in Sydney Morning Herald
  You need to put that money into large-scale recycling, you need to put that money into stormwater harvesting and especially into rainwater tanks,Mr Debnam told reporters.