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It uses rain barrels, which capture and store rainwater, as a source. These barrels provide very low water pressure so he’s added a battery-powered pump along with a solar array for recharging.

Growing up in Brookville, Lynch said, her family had several rain barrels on their property. But she only began using one recently after she won it as a prize in a drawing. For seven years ...