Figure 1.
Rain garden
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Rain Gardens
Sheryl Wells, Public Service Representative
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Frank Henning, Region IV Land Grant Universities Water Liaison
Introduction
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Figure 1.
Rain garden
(Dietz and Filchak 2004) Connecticutraingardenbroch.
jpg
Rain Gardens
Sheryl Wells, Public Service Representative
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Frank Henning, Region IV Land Grant Universities Water Liaison
Introduction
A rain garden is a natural or man-made depression in the landscape that captures stormwater
runoff from impervious surfaces like rooftops and driveways.
A rain garden is a best management practice that is designed to be aesthetically pleasing and naturally integrated into the
landscape (Figure 1).
Surface runoff from a roof or other collection surfaces is channeled via rain
gutters, pipes, swales or curb openings to the rain garden.
Rain gardens reduce runoff and
treat pollutants on-site while recharging groundwater by allowing the runoff to percolate into the
soil where it is filtered and treated
through natural processes.
Properly
designed rain gardens allow water
to soak into the ground within 12 to
48 hours and discourage mosquit
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