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RiverLink reports 133 rain barrels distributed to cut rooftop runoff in targeted Buncombe County watersheds
Summary
RiverLink told Buncombe County officials it used a $25,000 Clean Water Fund grant and matching funds to distribute 133 rain barrels, disconnect roughly 123 downspouts and install two rain gardens in impaired watersheds to reduce stormwater runoff.
RiverLink told Buncombe County meeting attendees that a county-funded Clean Water Fund grant helped the nonprofit distribute 133 rain barrels, disconnect roughly 123 rooftop downspouts and install two rain gardens in targeted impaired watersheds.
Renee Porter, RiverLink’s director of programs, said the project targeted streams listed as impaired on the state’s 2022 303(d) list and focused outreach on neighborhoods draining to Smithville Creek, the Upper Swannanoa and two streams identified in the presentation as part of the Central Asheville watershed. “We distributed 133 rain barrels to residents in those impaired watersheds,” Porter said.
RiverLink said the county provided $25,000 from a Clean Water Fund award and the project…
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