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Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District 64th Annual Banquet & Supervisors’ Election
October 21, 2010
Rain Gardens: A Partnership Neighborhood Project
Strategic Planning & Inspiration
Photos: Courtesy of Mom
Strategic Planning & Inspiration
Photo: from www.soil.ncsu.edu
Fires occurred on the Cuyahoga River in 1868, 1883, 1887, 1912, 1922, 1936, 1941, 1948, 1952, & 1969. Photo from Ohio Historical Society website.
Hugh Hammond Bennett Cuyahoga River fire of 1952
Inspiration for this project
Photos from www.burnsville.org
Burnsville, MN Rain Garden Project
• Water quality• Water quantity
Higher water temperatures and changes in extremes, including floods and droughts, are
projected to affect water quality and exacerbate many forms of water pollution…
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Technical Paper on Climate Change and Water,
April 2008
Why rain gardens?
• Aesthetics• Wildlife habitat
Rain Garden Stats
• 2006: Installed demo rain garden at ODNR Div. of Wildlife (only 3 other known rain gardens in central Ohio at the time)
• Oct. 2007: CORGI formed• End of 2008:
– 23 rain gardens in Franklin County– Collecting 800,000 gallons of storm water annually
• Today:– 146 rain gardens in Franklin County – Collecting 9,680,000 gallons of storm water annually
Rain Garden Stats
21The Brook Run project has added rain gardens, collecting gallons of
storm water per year!2,700,000
Partners
• Grant partners: Franklin Soil and Water, CORGI, Westerville, OSU, Watershed Organic, Ohio EPA OEEF, and OWDA
Pictured: OSU students Phil Cherosky & Kevin White and OSU President Gordon Gee
Franklin Soil and WaterFranklin County CommissionersFranklin County Master GardenersHeart of Ohio RC&D CouncilNRCSCity of ColumbusCity of DelawareCity of DublinCity of GahannaCity of Grove CityCity of MarysvilleCity of WestervilleMORPC
BBC&M EngineeringMalcolm PirnieTetra TechUrban WildURS Corp.Williams Creek ConsultingBrown and CaldwellSierra Club, Ohio ChapterFriends of the Lower Olentangy WatershedFriends of Alum Creek and Tributaries
CORGI Members
Partners
Our Brook Run residents:
Ms. Lacy Ms. Pospichel
Mr. & Mrs. Jefferson Mr. & Mrs. Neff
Mr. & Mrs. Greenman Mr. & Mrs. Bonds
Mr. & Mrs. Murray Mr. & Mrs. Zuk
Mr. & Mrs. Dickerson Mr. & Mrs. Burnam
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Mr. Dennis
Mr. & Mrs. Reynolds Mr. & Mrs. Roach
Mr. Prickett & Mr. Habeggar Mr. D’Costa
OEEF portion
• Created 5,000 brochures & printed 10,000 more
• Launched website
• Educational workshops in 4 neighborhoods
• Chose 1 neighborhood
• Outreach through media & presentations
• Installed 16 residential rain gardens
• Monitoring storm water runoff quantity
OWDA portion
• Control & experimental neighborhood
• Installed 5 right-of-way rain gardens
• Sampling wells
• Monitoring storm water runoff quantity
• Modeling predictions to help communities
Residential installations
Residential gardens
Residential gardens
Right of way installations
Right of way gardens
Monitoring equipment
What this means
10,000,000 gallons of storm water:
• Improving stream health
• Lowering flooding potentials
• Examples for landowners, municipalities, technical professionals, & local organizations
• Improving ground water
• Improving aesthetics
• Creating habitat
Opportunities
• Cost-share programs for rain gardens:– Canal Winchester– Gahanna– Grove City– Westerville
• Technical assistance
• Become a member of CORGI!
Thank You!
Photo: www.darbycreeks.org Photo: ©CL EvansPhoto: from Flower Calendar