Helping Rain Stay Where It Lands

“When it rains, it pours.” This phrase is meant to mean that bad news comes in waves. Unfortunately, that’s true with real rain, too. While rain is usually welcome for various reasons, in developed area like cities and towns, it can produce polluted runoff. Wherever rains lands on traditional human-made surfaces, it can’t soak into the ground. Instead, water from large areas like streets, driveways and roofs collects, looking for lower ground. To deal with this runoff, cities have developed complex stormwater control systems. Eventually, the water is routed to a stream or lake. This runoff, though, can become contaminated in its