DAPHNE, Ala. — Lake Forest residents and the city of Daphne are teaming up with Auburn University and the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program to use barrels to catch water from rooftops for later use.

A wooden structure is under construction at the Ridgewood Drive and Bayview Drive intersection in Lake Forest closest to the subdivision’s west entrance.

“We have put up a kiosk as a demonstration project for rain barrels,” Elaine Maxime, Lake Forest Improvement Committee president, said. The structure currently comprises four wooden pillars in the ground and a slanted rooftop with an aluminum plate covering the wood. Soon, gutters will be attached to the roof; and downspouts — which filter the water from the gutter to the barrel — will be added in the coming weeks, Maxime said.

Read more about the kiosk — and upcoming water-conservation classes open to the public — in the Feb. 11 edition of The Bulletin.