Nebraska H20

On Thursday, September 15, from 9am – 4pm the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Stormwater Management Team and the City of Kearney will be hosting a rain garden workshop and training in Kearney.  The event will include classroom instruction followed by a hands on installation.  The goal of this workshop is to provide hands on training and information, with the end result being a completed example of a working rain garden citizens can see in action. 

• Do not miss your opportunity to attend this free workshop.  Please complete and return this flyer by
  

  Residential Application

  September 13th.
  Kearney RG workshop flyer

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• Review your home for stormwater handling. If your gutter, downspout, driveway or deck directly discharges into a water body, retrofit it by redirecting the runoff onto a grassy area or installing a berm/swale system. Or even install a Rain Barrel.
• Design your landscaping to limit water use. Install a Rain Garden.
• If you have an irrigation system, make sure it is in good working order and limit its use to actual watering needs. Install rain sensors into your irrigation system.
• Consider replacing impervious surfaces like sidewalks, decks and driveways around your home with more pervious materials or methods like mulch, turf block, pervious concrete or clean stone.
• Retain shrubby vegetation along waterfronts to prevent erosion and help stop heavy rain sheetflow.
• Never dispose of oils, pesticides or other chemicals onto driveways, roadways or storm drains. The next rain will either carry it into a surface water or help it soak into our drinking water.
• Reduce the amount of fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides you apply to your lawn and landscaping. What the plants can’t absorb quickly usually results in surface or groundwater pollution.

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