RiverStar Homes: Getting Smart About Runoff in Washington, DC

This 12-minute video from 2010 highlights RiverSmart Homes, a program that was launched in 2006 by the District Department of the Environment as a way to combat the Washington, D.C.'s serious stormwater problems and to actively involve the community in the river's restoration. Thanks to this unique urban waters partnership, homeowners in diverse city neighborhoods are enthusiastically adopting environmentally friendly landscaping practices to reduce the effects of stormwater runoff and help bring back the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers, as well as lesser known Rock Creek and Oxon Run. Residential properties are the single largest land use in the nation's capital, and the program actively engages the community in restoring the rivers. Thanks to this unique urban waters partnership, homeowners from all of the city's wards are enthusiastically adopting environmentally friendly landscaping practices to help save these historic rivers.

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Education

Tags:

• stormwater
• storm water
• runoff
• water quality