Whatcom County Offers New Program for Rainwater Collection

An 1,100-gallon “pre-fabricated“ rainwater harvesting tank is pictured March 24, 2014, at York Farm in the 1400 block of James Street in Bellingham. ANITRA ACCETTURO — Courtesy to The Bellingham Herald

A new program that encourages rainwater collection awareness is being offered to the public for small rainwater harvesting systems in Bellingham.

Anitra Accetturo, program coordinator for the city’s Water Use Efficiency Program, which will provide the grants is also an ARCSA and Bank on Rain member and has spearheaded the program.

Whatcom county already allows potable rainwater collection for residential but this program is proactive in encouraging conservation and awareness.

Click here to read more about this rainwater collection program in the Bellingham Herald.

Ken Blair
A rainwater collection systems designer and consultant, Ken has designed and installed residential and commercial systems, primarily in the northwest United States for more than 10 years and, in 2014, began consulting and managing builds in other states. Ken is an accredited ARCSA Professional Designer / Installer and Life Member, the Northwest Regional ARCSA representative and advisor to its education committee and is available to speak about Rainwater Collection Systems design and builds.

Ken is a United States Navy veteran, having served on active duty during the Vietnam War era.

A career entrepreneur, Ken created a new business focus with a commercial dive company in Hawaii in the mid 1980′s to respond to and clean up oil spills, oil spill equipment training, service and maintenance for the oil co-op service industry. Ken is passionate about having a positive impact on the environment and is also a founding director of BANK-ON-RAIN (2011-2014), whose mission is to create grassroots solutions for rainwater collection for consumption and agriculture in developing areas of the planet.