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2008 Reduced stormwater runoff via increased use of rain gardens Inger Lamb Prairie Rivers of Iowa Resource Conservation and Development, [email protected]

Anita Maher-Lewis AML Consulting

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Recommended Citation Lamb, Inger and Maher-Lewis, Anita, "Reduced stormwater runoff via increased use of rain gardens" (2008). Leopold Center Completed Grant Reports. 313. http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/leopold_grantreports/313

This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Leopold Center Completed Grant Reports by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Reduced stormwater runoff via increased use of rain gardens

Abstract Rain gardens, shallow depressions filled with native plants, capture and filter pollutants from runoff yb increasing soil filtration. The project investigators installed two rain gardens in Ames, Iowa and developed an outreach program to educate landowners about native landscaping.

Keywords Water quality quantity and management

Disciplines Horticulture | Natural Resources and Conservation | Water Resource Management

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Completed Special Project

Reduced stormwater runoff via increased use of rain gardens

Project ID: ESP2007­02 RELATED INFORMATION Abstract This is a special project and Rain gardens, shallow depressions filled with native plants, capture and filter has no final reports. Contact pollutants from runoff by increasing soil filtration. The project investigators installed the lead investigator at two rain gardens in Ames, Iowa and developed an outreach program to educate [email protected] for more landowners about native landscaping. information.

Key Question: Can urban demonstration projects increase acceptance and Sample text for rain garden establishment of rain gardens in Ames? sign

Findings: Demonstration projects and education programs, including partial Photos from Ames Water financial assistance, can help generate interest in rain gardens and ensure they are Treatment installation properly designed, installed and maintained. Practices to Improve Water Lead investigator: Inger Lamb, Prairie Rivers of Iowa RC&D Quality fact sheet

Co­Investigator(s):

Anita Maher­Lewis, AML Consulting

Year of grant completion: 2008

This special project was part of the Leopold Center's Ecology Initiative.

Topics: Water quality, quantity and management

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