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What can you do to help improve water quality of our streams and lakes? One easy way is to build a waterspout garden that will collect the rain runoff from your school or residence.

A waterspout garden is a planted area with a shallow indentation that collects and holds runoff before it reaches the storm drain. Rainwater is directed into the garden from roof drains, driveways, and other hard surfaces.


In this diagram, arrows show the path of runoff from home and lawn to rain garden, stormwater system, and stream. Waterspout gardens catch pollutants before they reach our streams.
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