Improving Water Quality by Dealing with the First Inch of Rain
The suburban city of Mount Rainier, Maryland, is doing its part to improve the water quality of a polluted river in its region: residents and organizations are using green infrastructure to reduce stormwater runoff.
Story Credit:
Margaret Parker, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Summer 2016 Intern.
Banner Image Credit:
Stormwater flows onto street in Annapolis, Maryland. Photo courtesy of Chesapeake Bay Program (stretched), CC BY-NC 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/, via Flickr
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23 April 2024 - 9:53am
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