Did you know that one of the most impactful actions property owners can take to improve water quality is to simply disconnect their impervious surfaces? Many times, gutters are directed to flow across ...

Rain gardens utilize Florida-Friendly plants to absorb rainwater, reducing stormwater runoff and pollution. These gardens help filter out pollutants from fertilizers and other sources, protecting ...

MOUND, Minn. — Stormwater drains are getting extra work this year, and with more rainfall in the forecast this week, it's put certain a problem front and center. So how can we reduce stormwater runoff ...

Rain gardens offer many environmental benefits including managing stormwater by capturing runoff and reducing the amount of water flowing into storm drains and waterways. “Rain gardens kind of use ...

See how to create a rain garden with beautiful native and adapted plants for pollinators. When it rains, it pours, and it’s no fun when it pools up next to the house, even in a brief cloudburst. And ...

Lucy Dinsmore, a landscaper who helps run the Catch the Rain program, helped a couple add native plants, build a pathway made of wood chips and install buffers to soak up and slow down water. (Zoë ...

Summer in Louisiana tends to bring afternoon downpours. Where does all that rainwater go? Some of it is absorbed by the ground and plants. Some pools in low spots. And some turns into runoff, rushing ...

ASHEVILLE - Around noon on one of the hottest days in August, the tinny sound of a handsaw cutting through an aluminum downspout shrieks through the air near the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive ...

After more than 20 years of monitoring, researchers at Villanova say the university’s rain garden continued to be effective at soaking up stormwater and preventing pollution from entering waterways.

Disconnecting impervious surfaces, like directing gutters onto lawns instead of driveways, can significantly reduce stormwater runoff. Rain barrels offer a free water source for gardens (non-edible) ...