Can planting a garden can help solve stormwater runoff problems?

Watch how rain gardens provide a relatively simple solution to a major stormwater runoff problems in Durham, NC.
 

Durham, North Carolina, has no small challenge when it comes to managing the community’s stormwater.

The city has to do more than just make sure the rain gets out of the way. It’s also charged with keeping the runoff from polluting local drinking water supplies — the same bodies of water to which the stormwater returns.

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