As we tread into the season of renewal and resourcefulness, Arapahoe County has teamed up with SPLASH for a series of rain barrel workshops designed to teach residents how to conserve water and safeguard water quality. These hands-on sessions, occurring between April and September, are a beacon for those looking to reduce their environmental footprint and utility bills.
For a fee of $60, which can be discounted to $35 with the use of the code SPLASH25 sourced from Arapahoe County's announcement, participants get a rain barrel, a kit to connect it to a downspout and the knowledge to assemble the apparatus education it's about conservation and pragmatism not just a simple crafting exercise. The workshops offer tools to harness roof runoff for greener lawns or living room ferns, and an act as simple as collecting water in a barrel serves as a guardian against pollutants that would otherwise besiege our rivers and lakes. Despite their utilitarian promise, these barrels won't find storage at the workshops, attendees must come prepared to tote their new tools home, according to Arapahoe County.
Registration is non-negotiable, the rain barrel bounty is limited and walk-ins risk returning home empty-handed. The organizers admonish interested parties to consider the community, permitting only one barrel per household to ensure widespread access to these cherished workshops. Dates and venues stretch across the county, from a session in the shade of Englewood's city hall foliage on April 16 to the later gatherings sheltered within the cool walls of Aurora's E-470 Administrative Building.
The workshops are set for specific dates, with the inaugural event at City of Englewood on April 16, from 2 to 4 p.m., followed by a session in Greenwood Village on May 21 at the same afternoon hours, and E-470’s Administrative Building will play host twice, once the warm breath of summer kisses June 6 and again as autumn's whisper signals the changing seasons on Sept. 12, full details, including the imperative notice to register, await at Arapahoe County's digital doorstep.
