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Native Landscaping: How Deep Roots and Local Plants Save Water (and Your Sanity)
Why Native Plants Are the Unsung Heroes of Eco-Friendly Yards Native plants are like that dependable friend who shows up…
Is a Rain Garden Right for Your Yard? Ask Your Soil (and Your Inner Landscaper)
Rain gardens are shallow, planted basins that catch roof or driveway runoff and let it soak into the ground. They…
Is a Rain Garden Right for Your Yard? Ask Your Soil (and Your Inner Landscaper)
Rain Gardens: A Natural Solution for Runoff Rain gardens are shallow, planted basins that catch roof or driveway runoff and…
Managing Yard Drainage: From French Drains to Dry Wells
(Or How to Get Water to Mind Its Manners). This is a very broad overview of words around drainage (“rainage”…
Rain Barrels vs. Cisterns: How to Harvest Rainwater
Common Sense Managing rain where it falls isn’t just a homeowner’s trick—it’s common sense infrastructure. By capturing roof runoff, property…
Why Aren’t My Permeable Pavers Draining? (…and other driveway mysteries)
Permeable Pavers: How They Work Permeable pavements are supposed to make you feel like an eco‑wizard. They let water infiltrate…
🌿 Breathe Easy with Native Landscaping: Allergy Relief in SoCal Yards
Taking out turf and adding in native plants can help your allergies.
Rain Gardens, Coast to Coast: Same Idea, Different Drama 🌧️🌵
“Oh, that? That’s Splashley Olsen. She keeps 500 gallons out of the sewer every storm.” Mic drop. TLDR: Rain gardens…
Can Stormwater Be Filtered Clean? Cities Betting on a New Water Future
The rain comes. It comes fast. It comes dirty. And the water—listen—it doesn’t just go away. No. It takes. It…
Rain Barrels in Austin, Texas
💦 Make It Rain: How to Upgrade Your Rain Barrels Without the Headache in Austin, TX Let’s talk about something…
How to Slightly Ease Your Climate Anxiety
Stormwater Runoff and Sports
Creative Ways to Cover Rain Barrels
The Future of Stormwater Management: Emerging Trends
Equity in Stormwater Infrastructure: The Future of Sustainable Cities
Why Nature-based Solutions Now?
Decisions with Ditching Your Grassy Lawn for Native Landscaping
An Intro to Stormwater Credit Trading Programs
Stormwater Innovation and Affordable Housing Developers
Enhanced towns & cities: building community green infrastructure
Green Banks: Capitalism Courts Climate Change (Finally!)
How to Winterize Green Infrastructure at Home
How to Do a Percolation Test
What is a Green Bank?
Best Residential Rainwater Harvesting System
Rain Water Collection: Illegal or Ok?
Stormwater Management: Takoma Park, MD
Commercial Property Drought Landscaping
Rain Barrel Ideas for Summer
Did you come to this post looking for rain barrel ideas and information? You’re not alone! With summer technically just…
Drought-Resistant Design: Xeriscaping on a Budget
Drought-resistant landscaping is the new American culture, and many look for ways to start xeriscaping on a budget. Some might…
Impervious Surfaces and Environmental Impact
When permitting or applying for a stormwater incentive, you might see the phrase, "impervious surface". An impervious surface is an…
The Property Owner Guide to Stormwater Utility Fees
Stormwater utility fees are becoming more popular in metropolitan areas due to declining water quality from runoff. We break down…
Selecting a Green Infrastructure Contractor
Hiring a professional green infrastructure contractor can be difficult, technical, and outright confusing. Learn what to ask.
Green Tech Startups to Energize Your Earth Day
Five (5) sustainable startups to energize your earth day discoveries. Here's a list of startups dedicated to fighting climate change…
Financial Literacy: Can Stormwater Be a Tax Benefit?
SWPPP: What to Include for A Successful Application
Having a plan to reduce your pollution is good for a lot of reasons, but it’s essential if you’re looking…
What is a Rain Garden and How does it Work?
Wondering about rain gardens? This quick post gives you insight into what a rain garden is, how it works, and…
Stormwater Problems and Solutions
Catch the Rain: Rainwater Harvesting Systems
Explore the types of rain water harvesting systems to discover the benefits and features of each, so you can decide…
What a Sustainable Society Would Emphasize
What are Stormwater Retention Credits?
Stormwater retention credits are created through projects that implement stormwater management practices to store, detain, or treat stormwater runoff. The…
Stormwater and ESG Investing
What are Stormwater Best Management Practices?
If you have ever worked with an engineer, you might be used to hearing the word drainage and the phrase…
What is Stormwater Management?
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Permeable Pavers: A Better Option for Driveways
The most cost effective concrete driveways are constructed from permeable pavers.
SRC Program: Yellow Cab Company
Using Rainplan, Yellow Enterprises located at 1336 Bladensburg Ave Washington, DC 20002 was able to benefit from local incentives available…
Types of stormwater incentive programs
As part of our commitment to the long-term greening of the country’s stormwater infrastructure, we help clarify the available incentive…
Expert Tips: Green Roof Maintenance
You installed your green roof and with winter approaching you wonder what happens next. It might be tempting to walk…
Why Green Roofs Are the Best Project for 2022
Green roofs last twice as long, minimize sound, refract heat away from your home and neighbors, plus they're becoming an…
Water Runoff in Chesapeake Bay
A case study about how Washington DC homeowner Tom Bulger built a Rain Garden and leveraged incentives to address water…
