On Jan 5, 11:56*am, Edge wrote:
I know its winter. But being retired and with idle thoughts I am
looking at my neighbor's rain barrel that during the summer collects
rain runoff from his roof to water his plants. Our houses in the
development have basements with sump pumps. My own sump pump goes off
more regularly than it rains around here in the summer. Since the sump
collects clean ground water, is it okay to divert that water to a rain
barrel? Seems a better idea than dumping and wasting that water into
the storm sewers.

My first thought was "damned good idea" because we, too plan save rain
water for watering starting this spring.

My second thought was about the amount of insecticide we had sprayed
under and around the basement foundation before the poured the floors
and back-filled (termite treatment) a couple of years ago. Not sure I
would want to touch that water until it has had a few more years to
dilute the chemicals.

Ronb