Infiltrate More, Shed Less Rain.

Water Running to street storm sewers deliver pollutants Infiltrating more will protect your local stream Infiltrating more will protect your local stream
home page Step 1 is a simple audit of your lot techniques to improve infiltration and reduce runoff stormwater resources


The FAIR Approach:
  • Become familiar with the amount of water that falls on your property and how much runs off during an average rain event.
  • Learn popular landscaping methods called Best Management Practices (BMP's) that serve to capture, control and slowly let go of the rainfall on your property.
  • Achieve a water quality benchmark by controlling a 1 inch rainfall event on your property.
  • Find resources available to apply new features to your landscape.

The Rain Water Audit:

1) Answer a series of questions
about your properties size, layout, lawn care and vegetation.

2) Familiarize yourself with the landscaping features that can improve water quality/quantity.

3) Finally, return to the rain water audit and run the model with new features in place.

What Can You Do?:

  • Capture
  • Control
  • Slowly let it go
Inch by Inch Water Quality Protection Becomes a Cinch:
Rain Guage  

 

  Rain Water Audit    
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