St. Martin’s Evangelical Lutheran Church - School

Stormwater Runoff

St. Martin’s

Osprey’s View DRAINAGE & STORMWATER RUNOFF IMPROVEMENTS 4 Priority Rain Garden Sites Conservation Landscaping & Tree Plantings 4 4

Osprey’s View DRAINAGE & STORMWATER RUNOFF IMPROVEMENTS 5 Priority Rain Garden Sites Conservation Landscaping & Tree Plantings 5 5

Air Pollution Trees – Air Scrubbers Toxic Chemicals Clean Air

Stormwater Runoff Pollution Stormwater: IN Stormwater: OUT Fish Kills: RESULT

Nutrients Nitrogen - Phosphorous Good For: Lawns, crops, flowers, trees, shrubs Bad For: Water Ways: Causes algae growth, it dies and uses oxygen, none left for fish, crabs and oysters.

Sediment Cloudy water blocks sunlight Underwater grasses can’t grow No place for baby fish, crabs to hid No food or oxygen from grasses and emerged plants, and critters

The Answer – Rain Gardens

Nature’s Way BUTTERFLY RAIN GARDEN Gay Feather Turtlehead Black-eyed Susan Cardinal Flower Wild Wood Aster Butterfly Weed Iris Blue Flagt Cone Flower Columbine