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{{fa}}There are lots of ways you can reduce water pollution, but rain gardens may be the most beautiful of them. A rain garden is a bowl or basin in your yard that captures rainwater from your roof, sidewalks, and driveways, and allows it to soak into the soil instead of carrying runoff pollution into local watersheds as stormwater runoff. As an added bonus, since rain gardens can be planted with an assortment of native plants, they make an attractive, low-maintenance addition to your yard. | {{fa}}There are lots of ways you can reduce water pollution, but rain gardens may be the most beautiful of them. A rain garden is a bowl or basin in your yard that captures rainwater from your roof, sidewalks, and driveways, and allows it to soak into the soil instead of carrying runoff pollution into local watersheds as stormwater runoff. As an added bonus, since rain gardens can be planted with an assortment of native plants, they make an attractive, low-maintenance addition to your yard. | ||
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