Last status update: August 22nd, 2023
Amount of rain barrels installed since the start of the program: 2251
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: 568 applicants
Current installation capacity based on funding availability: estimated 30 barrels per month
Last month installation numbers: 57 barrels
Current month goal: 15
Wait list status: All applicants up to August 2021 have been contacted. We are working on September and October 2021.
Current amount of barrels funded for this year as of last update: 160
2023 funders: Brown Foundation (100 barrels), Charitable Fund (40 barrels), Miscellaneous ( 20 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 2023 implementation: 1200 rain barrels
Cost for 2023 implementation: $600,000
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
