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Rain Garden Handbook for Western Washington: A Guide for Design, Installation, and Maintenance

 
Publication number Date Published
13-10-027 July 2013
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Author(s) Hinman, Curtis, Washington State University Extension Faculty
Description See link below in REQUEST A COPY section to order printed copies from the state printer. Click on "Fulfillment (By Agency)" at bottom left of webpage. Select Ecology and then Rain Garden Handbook for pricing options.

The Rain Garden Handbook for Western Washington is a guide for helping people plan, design and build rain gardens to assist in controlling stormwater. This guide can be used by homeowners, landscapers, landscape architects, engineers and others to implement Rain Gardens in Western Washington for regulatory as well as non-regulatory requirements. Rain Gardens are part of Facilities known as Best Management Practices (BMPs). The Handbook includes a introductory guide as to how rain gardens can be used to meet Minimum Requirements # 1-5 of the 2012 Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington.

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Keywords rain garden, stormwater, Stormwater General Permit, stormwater management, stormwater manual, stormwater permit, stormwater runoff
WEB PAGE Stormwater Technical Resources
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