{"id":13099,"date":"2014-09-30t17:36:26","date_gmt":"2014-09-30t17:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/urban-rain-gardens\/"},"modified":"2014-09-30t17:36:26","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30t17:36:26","slug":"urban-rain-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/urban-rain-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"urban rain gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"
what could be floating around in your glass of water? cigarette butts…. motor oil? a mixture of any of those pollutants would not make for a delicious, or safe, cocktail\u2014so how do we prevent our waterways, and eventually our glasses, from getting dangerously polluted and<\/em> simultaneously make our city\u2019s streets greener? <\/p>\n by utilizing both the water that falls onsite and the water that runs off<\/a> from surrounding areas, urban rain gardens in dc, planted with drought tolerant plants, filter rainwater and runoff water during storms. once rainwater hits the pavement it will travel to a storm drain, dragging anything in its path down the drain. covering more city surfaces with urban rain gardens<\/a> will allow for greater rainwater filtration and will ensure that our waterways and drinking glasses remain pollutant free and that our streets remain green!<\/p>\n lauren pollack is a junior at the george washington university majoring in political communication.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" what could be floating around in your glass of water? cigarette butts…. motor oil? a mixture of any of those pollutants would not make for a delicious, or safe, cocktail\u2014so how do we prevent our waterways, and eventually our glasses, from getting dangerously polluted and simultaneously make our city\u2019s streets greener? by utilizing both the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9198,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4904],"tags":[3367,3368,3369,2800,123,159,37],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-13099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-water","tag-city-living","tag-pollutants","tag-rain-garden","tag-rain-water","tag-runoff","tag-urban-sustainability","tag-water"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n