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Homeowners Key to Community Stormwater Management
Check here each month for simple, familiar, year-round yard care practices that encourage the absorption of rainfall and water runoff into the soil in
residential landscapes. These actions benefit your community by preventing flooding, soil erosion, and polluted runoff that threaten our streams, drinking water, and ecosystems.
May: Replace some turf with mulched beds, a rain garden, or a pocket meadow. Create new areas in the yard that will absorb roof water from
downspouts, runoff from paved areas, and puddles in compacted soil areas. Start a flower or vegetable patch, build a bog or rain garden, or establish a pocket meadow to absorb rainwater. Mulch all bare
soil in planted beds and under trees and shrubs with composted leaf mulch.
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