The Deer Creek Watershed Alliance has helped fund and install 466 rainscaping projects in the watershed.  These projects are collectively removing 187.5 tons of sediment, 109 pounds of nitrogen, and 21.5 pounds of phosphorus from Deer Creek currently each year!

Rainscaping is any combination of plantings, water features, catch basins, permeable pavement, and other activities that manage stormwater as close as possible to where it falls, rather than moving it someplace else.  Rainscaping practices can include features such as rain gardens, bioswales, lawn alternatives and trees and shrubs, green roofs, etc. to slow down, soak up and reuse rainwater before it carries pollutants to a local stream. 

Click on the different types of rainscaping projects below to view photographs of projects that have been funded and installed:

Native Soil Rain Gardens and Bioswales	Engineered Rain Gardens
Lawn Alternatives	Woodland Restoration and Creek Corridor Vegetative Buffers
Permeable Pavers and Green Roofs	Rainwater Harvesting

Total projects installed:

Rainscaping projects located in focus areas:

Click on an image to open full map pdf.

More details on accomplishments that have been achieved can be found  at deercreekalliance.org/achievements.