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| Be part of building 10,000 raingardens to help your local waterways. | |||||||||
A raingarden resembles a regular garden with one major difference - it is positioned to receive rainwater from hard surfaces such as a downpipe from a roof, paved areas or roads. Using layers of soil and gravel for filtration and planted with a combination of plants, shrubs and grasses, a raingarden reduces the amount of stormwater that would otherwise wash pollutants into the stormwater system and our rivers and creeks. Anyone can create a raingarden. They are a creative, low cost and easy to maintain way in which you can contribute to cleaner, healthier rivers and creeks.
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| Author: Melbourne Water | |||||||||
| Lead Organisation: Melbourne Water | |||||||||
| Project Partners: Victorian Govenment | |||||||||
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Melbourne Water's 10,000 Raingardens program promotes a simple and effective form of stormwater treatment. The aim of the program is to raise awareness of how good management of stormwater contributes to healthy waterways. It also promotes the things that people can do at home to manage stormwater - like building a raingarden. Until now we have been working with local councils and the community to create raingardens in public spaces such as streets, parks and schools. The program has recently expanded to the home environment and we are now encouraging people to build raingardens in their backyard. By providing information on how to design, build and maintain raingardens at home, our target is the construction of 10,000 raingardens by 2013. To achieve this we need your help. |
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