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Cambridge Woods Neighborhood Association
Cambridge Woods Neighborhood Association
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The CWNA has obtained funding for a pilot project to distribute 54 Free Rain
Barrels including 27 downspout disconnects to keep rainwater from adding to the
sewer system by keeping water right here in our backyards. Why should the
rain from our roofs go into the sewage pipes to be cleaned
The grant also provides some funding to showcase a neighborhood green roof (a garden on a residents garage) and a rain garden, where special plants with long roots soak up the water coming from a roof down through a downspout. In addition, there is funding for an environmental educator from the Urban Ecology Center who will partner to organize tours
to the Center, to visit its green roof and the rain gardens, and who will lead walking tours to the CWNA rain barrels, the green roof and rain garden site. Other possibilities include involving teachers and students from nearby schools in the project. If we are successful, the same private donor for this project will continue to fund the project in three nearby neighborhoods during subsequent years. |
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by the sewage plant and be
returned to us as to use again to sprinkle our lawns and flowers? Because
it means that there is less sewage and water to be treated by keeping rainwater
right here on our lawns and in our gardens.