Comments on: Happy Birthday, WaterSense! http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/06/happy-birthday-watersense/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=happy-birthday-watersense EPA's Blog About Our World Tue, 21 May 2013 17:34:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Tabletka-info.ru http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/06/happy-birthday-watersense/comment-page-1/#comment-42558 Tabletka-info.ru Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:36:34 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=8289#comment-42558 Interesting article, nice to read. Thank you for your comments and thoughts…

]]> By: shirya http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/06/happy-birthday-watersense/comment-page-1/#comment-41143 shirya Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:15:31 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=8289#comment-41143 this is funtastic

]]> By: Alan Greenberg http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/06/happy-birthday-watersense/comment-page-1/#comment-41055 Alan Greenberg Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:01:38 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=8289#comment-41055 The link you provided for the WaterSense site does not work; the link to the EPA Green Infrastructure site does work and the information there on raingardens is excellent.

]]> By: Stephanie Thornton http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/06/happy-birthday-watersense/comment-page-1/#comment-41003 Stephanie Thornton Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:40:54 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=8289#comment-41003 Rain gardens serve a very important function in preventing stormwater from entering the municipal sewer system. Some information on this topic is available on the WaterSense site (http://www.epa.gov/watersense/outdoor/rainwater_reuse.html).

EPA’s Green Infrastructure site (http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/greeninfrastructure/technology.cfm#rainharvesting) has even more comprehensive information on a wide variety of mitigation techniques, including the use of rain gardens.

]]> By: Alan Greenberg http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/06/happy-birthday-watersense/comment-page-1/#comment-40943 Alan Greenberg Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:09:24 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=8289#comment-40943 I’m surprised that the WaterSense website does not highlight raingardens for the home. The Michigan State Extension Service has a beautiful raingarden on display at its Tollgate facility in Novi, Michigan. Properly installed, raingardens intercept water runoff from driveways, downspouts, and elsewhere on the property before a sewer grate or water body. When in DC visiting in the spring of 2010, I saw a raingarden on display in front of EPA’s headquarters. A raingarden can have beautiful plants and flowers while also reducing pollution in our surface waters.

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