Great Website About Home Rain Water Solutions

168 Elm Ave. – One Drop at a Time

This Web page describes the principles of innovative and responsible treatment of rain water in and around the home garden. The treatments are organized into seven subjects or stations: 1) the green roof, 2) the rain barrels, 3) the porous pavement, 4) the rain gardens, 5) the gravel grass, 6) the cistern, and 7) the bioswale.

These seven stations take you on a virtual tour around the house, explain the rationales of the applied sustainable practices and explore the opportunities that present themselves to combine the beautiful and useful. You will also find information on the clay soils of the pilot project site and their infiltration capacity, how much the runoff quantity was reduced, and thoughts towards the larger cumulative effect and the probable positive impact on the local waterway (in this case Salt Creek).