The grass channel (1) reduces stormwater velocity because the roughness of ... There are many considerations when designing a rain garden. The first is, what design storm event is going to be used and ...

Mix in sand and compost to improve drainage and support your plants. You want soil that can soak up water quickly but also hold enough moisture for the plants to thrive. Native plants are best. Go for ...

make it difficult for stormwater to flow toward soil and seep into the ground. But by including rain gardens in your ...

This calculator allows you to simulate the effects that installing a rain garden, a type of green infrastructure, could have on stormwater runoff from your ... generated on your property by a 24 hour ...

Assessment of rain gardens in the Front Range of Colorado began in ... such as identifying soil texture, garden slope, stormwater sources, surrounding green space, observable sediment, debris erosion ...

Although other forms of green stormwater infrastructure such as rain gardens and infiltration catch basins may reduce mosquito presence, the Illinois research team hypothesized that rain barrels ...

A garden that also, not inconsequentially, draws 44,000 gallons of water from the city’s overworked stormwater system per year. That’s enough to fill the average backyard swimming pool three ...

Rain gardens are shallow depressions filled with native flood-tolerant plants. They are designed to trap stormwater and send it underground faster. Rather than overflowing out of rain barrels ...

WESTFIELD — DPW Deputy Superintendent Casey Berube, in a collaborative project with city stormwater coordinator ... began installing a rain garden at School and Elm Streets this week.