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Rain Garden

Butterfield Elementary School,
Fayetteville, Arkansas

Rain gardens help protect water quality by reducing
the polluted runoff that reaches our lakes, streams;,
and rivers. Rain gardens are landscaped depressions
that collect rainfall from a roof, paved area or yard.
These bowl-shaped gardens are designed to capture
stormwater runoff and allow it slowly percoiate into the
soil, recharging groundwater and removing stormwater
pollutants. The garden's flat bottom helps distribute rain
water evenly across the planted area. Topsoil amended
with compost and sand allows the water to slowly soak
Into the ground within a few days so there is no standing
water to breed mosquitoes,*

The Rain Garden at the Butterfield Elementary School,
rayetteville, Arkansas is one of the 60 rain garden projects
sponsored by the Illinois River Watershed Partnership
(IRWPj and funded by the Arkansas Matural Resources
Commission, Clean Water Act Section 319 NonPoint
Source project grant awarded by EPA Region 6. Thirty rain
gardens will be constructed in the Illinois River Watershed
and thirty in the Beaver Lake Watershed.

Butterfield Elementary School Rain Garden

Project Point of Contact:

Dr. Delia Haak, Executive Director
Illinois River Watershed Partnership
Watershed Sanctuary and Learning Center
221 S. Main Street
Cave Springs, AR 72718
479-238-4671

website: www.irwp.org

blog: www.upstreammatters.com

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This project is one
of 60 rain garden
projects sponsored
by the Illinois River
Watershed Partnership.

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EPA Region 6 seeks to provide 'nformation and recogn'tion for green infrastructure
projects within our Region. If you would like your project featured on this website,
please contact Suzanna Perea at 214-665-7217 or perea.suzanna@epa.gov


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