Want to know how much water runs off your property to our streams?
This month the EPA launched a new FREE software program that will calculate you stormwater runoff. The calculator and directions can be downloaded HERE. The calculator was developed as part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, and is an innovative tool to help Property owners, developers, land planners, engineers, and landscape architects make informed decisions to protect local waterways from non-point source pollution. Preventing stormwater runoff, which can impact drinking water resources and local ecosystems, protects people’s health and the environment.
The calculator can be used along with our WaterRICH Program and Handbook to help property owners learn what they can do to help reduce stormwater runoff and non-point source pollution. Including design and construction of rain gardens to help infiltrate stormwater, rain water harvesting, and a variety of other landscaping techniques which can help reduce sedimentation and pollution in our streams.
