In November 2020 we featured a video produced by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to showcase “Green Techniques” that can be used by individuals and businesses that will make our society more sustainable. Stormwater is rainwater or melted snow that runs off streets, lawns, and other sites. When stormwater is absorbed into the soil, it is filtered and ultimately replenishes aquifers or flows into streams and rivers. In developed areas, impervious surfaces such as pavement and roofs prevent precipitation from naturally soaking into the ground. Instead, water runs rapidly into storm drains, sewer systems, and drainage ditches and can cause downstream flooding, stream bank erosion, increased turbidity (muddiness created by stirred up sediment) from erosion, habitat destruction, combined storm, and sanitary sewer system overflows, infrastructure damage, contaminated streams, rivers, and coastal water. Enjoy!
For additional information on the US Environmental Protection Agency’s “Greening EPA” Program you can visit https://www.epa.gov/greeningepa
