1. Rain Garden 2013 Accept the Greener Challenge

2. Falls Lake Watershed NCSSM Falls Lake Watershed

3. Falls Lake Clean Water Requirement  EPA requirements for the Falls Lake Watershed:  20% reduction in total nitrogen by 2016  If the lake quality fails to improve by 2016, a $115 million upgrade of Raleigh’s E.M. Johnson Treatment Plant will be needed.  Other improvements may cost an additional $200 million.

5. Significance of our site: Royall Parking Lot

6. Process  Measurements and assessments  Proposal to NCSSM School Administration and Plant Facilities  Rain Garden Design Contest  Excavation  Planting

7. Our impact  Pollution reduction: - ~0.1 lb phosphorous/yr - ~1 lb nitrogen/yr - ~ 60 lb suspended solid/yr  Engage and instruct local community to construct backyard and neighborhood rain gardens - held rain garden workshop as part of NC Science Festival

8. Future Works  Adjust rain garden to maximize runoff capture  Assist local homeowners with rain garden construction to expand the impact of the best management practice.  Engage local elementary school students in sustainability through partnership with NCSSM ScienceDays club

9. Excavation

10. Mulch pile Hard at work

11. Digging barefoot. Muddy!

12. Bye

13. Credits: Photos by the Greener Challenge Club team – NCSSM 2013 Graphics on Slide 4 by KD Graphics