The three winning households of the 2016 city of Winona residential rain garden cost sharing grants are Terri Lieder, Rachel K. Knox, and Nick and Alyssa Larson.
These residents will be receiving up to $250 to cover part of the cost to install a residential rain garden on their property.
Rain gardens are a simple and cost effective way to keep storm water on site and allow it to percolate into the soil and recharge local groundwater. Studies at the University of Minnesota have shown that rain gardens are an environmentally sound, inexpensive and simple way to remove 94% of sediment, 43% of phosphorus and 70% of nitrogen from entering surface waters.
Winners will install their gardens this growing season and will display signs indicating that they are part of the Rain Gardens Winona Program.
Rain gardens are important for Winona as a community with a separated storm water system. Chemicals and debris that enter storm drains in Winona are not treated, but flow directly to surface waters, primarily the Mississippi River or Lake Winona. Separated storm sewer permit requirements where changed in 2013 to reduce the amount of sediment and pollution entering surface waters from storm water runoff, and residential rain gardens are one of the best management practices that Winona can use to meet new permit requirements.
If individuals are interested in learning more about rain gardens or attending an upcoming tour of last year’s city-sponsored rain gardens they can e-mail Healthy Lake Winona at [email protected] .
These residents will be receiving up to $250 to cover part of the cost to install a residential rain garden on their property.
Rain gardens are a simple and cost effective way to keep storm water on site and allow it to percolate into the soil and recharge local groundwater. Studies at the University of Minnesota have shown that rain gardens are an environmentally sound, inexpensive and simple way to remove 94% of sediment, 43% of phosphorus and 70% of nitrogen from entering surface waters.
Winners will install their gardens this growing season and will display signs indicating that they are part of the Rain Gardens Winona Program.
Rain gardens are important for Winona as a community with a separated storm water system. Chemicals and debris that enter storm drains in Winona are not treated, but flow directly to surface waters, primarily the Mississippi River or Lake Winona. Separated storm sewer permit requirements where changed in 2013 to reduce the amount of sediment and pollution entering surface waters from storm water runoff, and residential rain gardens are one of the best management practices that Winona can use to meet new permit requirements.
If individuals are interested in learning more about rain gardens or attending an upcoming tour of last year’s city-sponsored rain gardens they can e-mail Healthy Lake Winona at [email protected] .