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Harrison Bay Association offers discounted rain barrels to reduce runoff; third annual sale set for April 30
Summary
The Harrison Bay Association will sell 72 rain barrels on April 30 at Mound’s parking garage; barrels cost $100 retail (discounted to $70 for city residents through sponsor support), and organizers say the barrels capture thousands of gallons of stormwater per year.
Angela Sadstrom, a Minnesota water steward working with the Harrison Bay Association, updated the Mountain City Council on the association’s third annual rain‑barrel sale during the April 8 meeting.
The sale is scheduled for pickup on Saturday, April 30, between 10 a.m. and noon at the Mound parking garage coinciding with a farmers‑market day. The program offers 72 barrels this year; Sadstrom said about 45 remained unsold at the time of her briefing. Barrels are priced at $100 each, but a sponsorship from Bolton & Menk and a local engineering firm enables residents of Mound and Minnetrista to buy them for $70.
Sadstrom told councilors that capturing roof runoff in rain barrels reduces stormwater entering lakes and streams and saves municipal and household water use. She said prior sales resulted in 72 barrels the first year and 44 the second; the 72 barrels sold or distributed in earlier years represent more than 100,000 gallons of water retention, the organizer said.
The Harrison Bay Association asked for help with unloading and an additional communications push; organizers said about 30 purchasers to date were Mound residents and that Mini Trista would assist with outreach.
Council members asked about pickup logistics and whether barrels are sold on a first‑come, first‑served basis; Sadstrom said orders are sold in advance with day‑of pickup and that the group had registration links and phone contact information on the HarrisonBay.org website.
