Stormwater-Water-Rain Gardens

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Rain Barrels

(PDF) Rain Barrels and Cisterns (project manual)
(PDF) Guidelines for Rain Barrels
Contact the Master Gardener program in your county to see if they are conducting a rain barrel workshop soon.

Rain Gardens

Watershed Protection & Restoration Program - What is a Rain Garden?
(PDF) Rain Gardens Across Maryland
Rain Garden: Design, Build, Maintain (UME Master Gardener Program, Howard Co.)
Watershed Stewards Academy

Permeable Hardscapes

(PDF) University of MD Extension FS-1062 'Permeable Hardscapes'

Stormwater Management

Water Conservation and Drought

Wells and Septic Systems

Other Resources

Maryland Grows Blog Posts on Water Issues
(PDF) The Green Book for the Buffer: An Illustrated Guidebook for Planting at the Shoreline
Climate Change Impacts in Maryland - Learn more about how sea level rise, increasingly severe storms and tidal flooding are already affecting Maryland.
(PDF) The Growing Threat of Urban Flooding: A National Challenge 2018 - Joint study University of Maryland and Texas A&M University

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