{"id":153,"date":"2011-07-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/collect-rain-style\/"},"modified":"2023-01-04T17:02:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T22:02:12","slug":"collect-rain-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/collect-rain-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Collect Rain With Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"center caption\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/static\/rain_column.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Southern Liberties, LLC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Philadelphia Water Department would never utter an unkind word about traditional rain barrels, but the sleek, ultra-modern version (they call it a &#8220;rain column&#8221;) by local company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shiftspacedesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shift Space Design<\/a> is making rain collection a whole lot more attractive. The stainless steel, 58-gallon tank isn&#8217;t cheap (one online retailer has it listed at $1,800), but it sure is nice to look at. It even has its own name: Fitzwater. More detailed photos and specs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shiftspacedesign.com\/fitzwater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. (There&rsquo;s also a 12-gallon version named <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shiftspacedesign.com\/wallace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wallace<\/a>.) For the rest of us, a blue or green plastic barrel may just have to do.<\/p>\n<p>The rain column pictured above (in the backyard of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrosegreen.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Montrose Green<\/a>, a Philadelphia rowhome\/eco-design utopia) is actually part of a collection system; the column on the left is connected to trickle rods that water the planter below.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about <a href=\"http:\/\/phillywatersheds.org\/whats_in_it_for_you\/residents\/rainbarrel\">rain barrels<\/a> and check out our <a href=\"http:\/\/phillywatersheds.org\/whats_in_it_for_you\/residents\/rainbarrel\/map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rain Barrel Map<\/a> to see where Philadelphians are collecting runoff and keeping our streams and rivers clean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Water Department would never utter an unkind word about traditional rain barrels, but the sleek, ultra-modern version (they call it a &#8220;rain column&#8221;) by local company Shift Space Design is making rain collection a whole lot more attractive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[44,95,99],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-green-infrastructure","tag-stormwater","tag-tips-and-how-to","wpautop"],"acf":{"suggested":null},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/phila.gov\/blog\/collect-rain-style\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Collect Rain With Style","url":"http:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/collect-rain-style\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/collect-rain-style\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Community","author":[],"creator":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"@PhillyH2O Blog","logo":""},"keywords":["green infrastructure","stormwater","tips and how-to"],"dateCreated":"2011-07-11T16:00:00Z","datePublished":"2011-07-11T16:00:00Z","dateModified":"2023-01-04T22:02:12Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Collect Rain With Style\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/water.phila.gov\\\/blog\\\/collect-rain-style\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/water.phila.gov\\\/blog\\\/collect-rain-style\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Community\",\"author\":[],\"creator\":[],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"@PhillyH2O Blog\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[\"green infrastructure\",\"stormwater\",\"tips and how-to\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2011-07-11T16:00:00Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-07-11T16:00:00Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-04T22:02:12Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/phila.gov\/p.js"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/water.phila.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}