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Ocean friendly rain garden
With the use of deciduous/local plants such as the palms and grasses pictured at the tidal creek co-op rain garden this creates a depressed area (around 1-1/2 ft. deep) to capture rain water pollutants and sediments. Examples of pollutants coexist from dirt, antifreeze, fertilizer, oil, gas, anything toxic that would in turn go into man-made storm drains into our water supply. This creates a positive flow of clean water on neighboring watersheds while improving landscaping near impervious surfaces. In the U.S. 70% of our stream, river, and ocean pollution is caused by storm water runoff causing algae blooms and decimation to species population sizes. Installing more of these in the Wilmington area alone we will see a cleanliness in creeks and waterways alone. #Sp2017 #bio366 #UNCWecology #UNCW #image2
Ocean friendly rain garden
With the use of deciduous/local plants such as the palms and grasses pictured at the tidal creek co-op rain garden this creates a depressed area (around 1-1/2 ft. deep) to capture rain water pollutants and sediments. Examples of pollutants coexist from dirt, antifreeze, fertilizer, oil, gas, anything toxic that would in turn go into man-made storm drains into our water supply. This creates a positive flow of clean water on neighboring watersheds while improving landscaping near impervious surfaces. In the U.S. 70% of our stream, river, and ocean pollution is caused by storm water runoff causing algae blooms and decimation to species population sizes. Installing more of these in the Wilmington area alone we will see a cleanliness in creeks and waterways alone. #Sp2017 #bio366 #UNCWecology #UNCW #image2