Last status update: March 31st, 2021
Amount of rain barrels installed since the start of the program: 1178
Amount of rain barrels installed in 2019: 340
Amount of rain barrels installed in 2020: 445
Amount of rain barrels installed in 2021 as of last update: 93
Amount of rain barrels applied for in 2020: 1080
Amount of rain barrels applied for in 2021 as of last update: 167
Current waiting list: 543 applicants
Current installation capacity based on funding availability: 32 barrels per month
Potential average installation capacity with adequate funding: 60 – 80 barrels per month
Last month installation numbers: 45 barrels
Current month goal: 50
Wait list status: All applicants up to May 2020 have been served. We are working on June, July and August 2020.
Current amount of barrels funded for this year as of last update: 140
Current year funders as of last update: Brown Foundation (45 barrels), Wisner Foundation[City of New Orleans] (75 barrels), (Additional 20 barrels for Hoffman Triangle through SSDN)
Last years 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 2021 implementation: 1200 rain barrels
Cost for 2021 implementation: $600,000
Goal for the next 20 years: 24,000+ rain barrels
Cost for implementation next 20 years: $12,000,000
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Annual report: click here
Green Light impact data: click here