{"id":34993,"date":"2017-07-20T14:58:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T18:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=34993"},"modified":"2017-07-20T14:58:42","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T18:58:42","slug":"district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"District of Muskoka&#8217;s rain barrel pilot project a success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the sunshine looks like it might be sticking around for a while, some Muskokans may be hoping for just a little bit of rain.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>The District of Muskoka ran a subsidized rain barrel program that ended July 17. It sold out, and those who purchased them will be picking them up over the next week, and eager to fill them with rain water.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The program is to encourage water conservation,&#8221; says Rebecca Francis, Manager of the District&#8217;s Continuous Improvement Unit (pictured at right above). &#8220;We are blessed here with plentiful water resources but we always need to be mindful of where we are taking the water from.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Francis notes that plants prefer non-treated water, so a rain barrel is a great way to get free water for your gardens.<\/p>\n<p>She also hopes that this pilot program will start the conversation about disconnecting downspouts from the sanitary sewer system for residents who are on municipal services. &#8220;(A rain barrel) is where they can put some of the water and then think about ways that they can make the transition so we aren&#8217;t treating rain water at our treatment plants.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Most of the 310 rain barrels sold were partially subsidized by the District. The program was open only to Muskoka residents who could purchase one barrel at a rate of $25, and more at the full price of $46. Residents who purchased a rain barrel to disconnect their downspouts from the waste water system can apply to have their rain barrel fully subsidized &#8211; the amount will appear as a credit on their water and sewer bill.<\/p>\n<p>Francis says the feedback on the program has been positive so far and that she&#8217;ll be relaying its success to District Council. Whether or not it will run again as a partially subsidized program in 2018 will be up to council in its 2018 budget deliberations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! Sign up for our free newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u>.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the sunshine looks like it might be sticking around for a while, some Muskokans may be hoping for just a little bit of rain. The District of Muskoka [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1903,"featured_media":34995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-34993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-breaking"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>District of Muskoka&#039;s rain barrel pilot project a success - Huntsville Doppler<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Now that the sunshine looks like it might be sticking around for a while, some Muskokans may be hoping for just a little bit of rain.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"District of Muskoka&#039;s rain barrel pilot project a success - Huntsville Doppler\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Now that the sunshine looks like it might be sticking around for a while, some Muskokans may be hoping for just a little bit of rain.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Huntsville Doppler\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HuntsvilleDoppler\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-07-20T18:58:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/07\/District-rain-barrel-pilot-project.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1412\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"672\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dawn Huddlestone\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Hville_Doppler\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Hville_Doppler\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dawn Huddlestone\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dawn Huddlestone\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#\/schema\/person\/d5d919046b2224f1b6b8bc9c585ff4a3\"},\"headline\":\"District of Muskoka&#8217;s rain barrel pilot project a success\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-20T18:58:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/\"},\"wordCount\":337,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/07\/District-rain-barrel-pilot-project.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"breaking\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/\",\"name\":\"District of Muskoka's rain barrel pilot project a success - Huntsville Doppler\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/07\/District-rain-barrel-pilot-project.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-20T18:58:42+00:00\",\"description\":\"Now that the sunshine looks like it might be sticking around for a while, some Muskokans may be hoping for just a little bit of rain.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/07\/District-rain-barrel-pilot-project.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/07\/District-rain-barrel-pilot-project.jpg\",\"width\":1412,\"height\":672,\"caption\":\"The District's rain barrel pilot program was a sold-out success\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"District of Muskoka&#8217;s rain barrel pilot project a success\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/\",\"name\":\"Huntsville Doppler\",\"description\":\"Read Local\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Huntsville Doppler\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/03\/logo-Canadian-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/03\/logo-Canadian-1.jpg\",\"width\":760,\"height\":212,\"caption\":\"Huntsville Doppler\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HuntsvilleDoppler\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Hville_Doppler\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/huntsville_doppler\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#\/schema\/person\/d5d919046b2224f1b6b8bc9c585ff4a3\",\"name\":\"Dawn Huddlestone\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/author\/dawn\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"District of Muskoka's rain barrel pilot project a success - Huntsville Doppler","description":"Now that the sunshine looks like it might be sticking around for a while, some Muskokans may be hoping for just a little bit of rain.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"District of Muskoka's rain barrel pilot project a success - Huntsville Doppler","og_description":"Now that the sunshine looks like it might be sticking around for a while, some Muskokans may be hoping for just a little bit of rain.","og_url":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/","og_site_name":"Huntsville Doppler","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HuntsvilleDoppler\/","article_published_time":"2017-07-20T18:58:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1412,"height":672,"url":"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/07\/District-rain-barrel-pilot-project.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dawn Huddlestone","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Hville_Doppler","twitter_site":"@Hville_Doppler","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dawn Huddlestone","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/"},"author":{"name":"Dawn Huddlestone","@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#\/schema\/person\/d5d919046b2224f1b6b8bc9c585ff4a3"},"headline":"District of Muskoka&#8217;s rain barrel pilot project a success","datePublished":"2017-07-20T18:58:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/"},"wordCount":337,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/07\/District-rain-barrel-pilot-project.jpg","keywords":["breaking"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/","url":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/","name":"District of Muskoka's rain barrel pilot project a success - Huntsville Doppler","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/07\/District-rain-barrel-pilot-project.jpg","datePublished":"2017-07-20T18:58:42+00:00","description":"Now that the sunshine looks like it might be sticking around for a while, some Muskokans may be hoping for just a little bit of rain.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/07\/District-rain-barrel-pilot-project.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2017\/07\/District-rain-barrel-pilot-project.jpg","width":1412,"height":672,"caption":"The District's rain barrel pilot program was a sold-out success"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-of-muskokas-rain-barrel-pilot-project-a-success\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"District of Muskoka&#8217;s rain barrel pilot project a success"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#website","url":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/","name":"Huntsville Doppler","description":"Read Local","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#organization","name":"Huntsville Doppler","url":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/03\/logo-Canadian-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2025\/03\/logo-Canadian-1.jpg","width":760,"height":212,"caption":"Huntsville Doppler"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HuntsvilleDoppler\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Hville_Doppler","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/huntsville_doppler\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/#\/schema\/person\/d5d919046b2224f1b6b8bc9c585ff4a3","name":"Dawn Huddlestone","url":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/author\/dawn\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1903"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}