Last status update: November 7, 2025

Amount of rain barrels installed since the start of the program: 3095

Amount of rain barrels installed in 2025: 282
Amount of rain barrels installed in 2024: 651
Amount of rain barrels installed in 2023: 347
Amount of rain barrels installed in 2022: 372
Amount of rain barrels installed in 2021: 405
Amount of rain barrels installed in 2020: 445
Amount of rain barrels installed in 2019: 340
Amount of rain barrels applied for in 2021: 543
Amount of rain barrels applied for in 2020: 1080

Current waiting list: 695 applicants
Current installation capacity based on funding availability: estimated 35 barrels per month
Last month installation numbers: 18 barrels
Current month goal: 35
Wait list status: All applicants up to August 2022 have been contacted. Applicants are contacted in order of application date and by zip code. Please email rainbarrel@greenlightneworleans.org if you believe we have missed you or if you have any questions.

Current amount of barrels funded for this year as of last update: 200

2025 funders: Brown Foundation (120 barrels), New Orleans Culture and Recreation Fund (80 barrels)
2024 funders: Brown Foundation (100 barrels), New Orleans Culture and Recreation Fund (150 barrels) Charitable Fund (40 barrels), Miscellaneous (50 barrels), Entergy (300 barrels, funded in the end of 2023, but allocated to 2024 implementation)
2023 funders: Brown Foundation (100 barrels), Charitable Fund (40 barrels), Miscellaneous ( 20 barrels), Entergy (200 barrels)
2022 funders: Entergy (200 barrels), Brown Foundation (100 barrels),
2021 funders: Brown Foundation (90 barrels), Wisner Foundation[City of New Orleans] (150 barrels), (Additional 20 barrels for Hoffman Triangle through SSDN), Entergy (250 barrels),
2020 funders: Entergy (300 barrels), Brown Foundation (25 barrels), Wisner Foundation[City of New Orleans] (50 barrels), Greater New Orleans Foundation (20 barrels plus $10,000 for development), Depcom (10 barrels),City Council Harrah’s Grant council members Giarrusso and Nguyen (11 barrels), Miscellaneous ( 10 barrels), (Additional 20 barrels for Hoffman Triangle through SSDN)

– Current amount of Green Light staff: 4
– Current cost per barrel including all materials and overhead (insurance, transportation, intake, staff, rent, phone, internet, development, surveying, data management, trouble shooting, education) : $500 per barrel
– Goal for 2025 implementation: 500 rain barrels
– Cost for 2025 implementation: $300,000
– Goal for the next 20 years: 24,000+ rain barrels
– Cost for implementation next 20 years: $12,000,000
– To see where the rain barrels got installed: click here
– Annual report: click here
– Green Light impact data: click here