Flooding and water pollution are tremendous problems for the Worcester community. The consequences of these problems can be detrimental to property, the environment, and the overall well- being of the community. Rain gardens are an innovative and logical way to help remedy these issues while bringing life and color to the area. With a community effort, we can use rain gardens to make significant improvements in the way Worcester deals with the issues of storm water runoff.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Stone, Nikole Cathrue
• Mello, Daniel Thomas
• Michaelidis, Emmanuel
• Knibb, Jenine Patricia

Subject

• Environment
• Water
• Infrastructure
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121511-132552

Keyword

• Water--Pollution
• Community development
• Sustainable development--Environmental aspects
• Sustainability

Advisor

• Krueger, Robert
• deWinter, Jennifer

Year

• 2011

Center

• Worcester Community Project Center (Massachusetts) - IQP

Date created

• 2011-12-15

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright