Sites and other sources of interest

This is a release from La. DEQ that identifies dispersal of pollutants as an important reason for establishing a rain garden, and also gives basic guidelines that are a little looser and more suited to Louisiana than the University of Wisconsin guidelines might be. 1 page.

http://nonpoint.deq.louisiana.gov/images/education/FactSheets/Pub2994-J%20NPS%20Rain%20Gardens.pdf

2014 article from New Orleans Homes and Lifestyles identifying several completed rain gardens and their locations, as well as some local contractors.

http://www.myneworleans.com/New-Orleans-Homes-Lifestyles/Spring-2014/Rain-Gardens/

New Orleans soils map (Data from NRCS but produced by Waggonner & Ball)

New City of New Orleans water management plan announced; city planning also makes changes to encourage homeowners to capture rainwater (9/2013)

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/09/water_in_new_orleans_new_appro.html

2014 rainwater management programs at Parkway Partners, other agencies to be funded by Sewerage and Water Board (Advocate, 8/2014)

http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/home/10037357-171/classes-teach-ways-to-manage

September 2014 NOLA.com article on private homeowners/architects Ramiro Diaz and John Klingman and their rain gardens; also mentions Parkway Partners' Green Keepers training.

http://www.nola.com/homegarden/index.ssf/2014/09/a_natural_way_to_fight_street.html

Invaluable site on the the City of New Orleans' plan for adopting a new relationship with water

http://livingwithwater.com/

U.S. EPA research hydrologist Dr. Bill Schuster's research on how rain gardens in vacant lots can help slow the impact of rainwater on older urban drainage systems. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh38rZvyGxg

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