PUBLICATION W1119
Rain Garden:Protecting Schoolyard Streams from Stormwater Runoff
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Summary
A high school activity on designing a rain garden to reduce stormwater runoff from roofs and pavement before it reaches streams. Students learn watershed and soil infiltration concepts, assess soil type using online surveys or simple tests, calculate the needed garden size based on drainage area and infiltration rate, and create a planting layout matched to wet and dry zones. The lesson also covers safe siting guidelines and includes a design toolbox for planning plant spacing.
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