The City of Mount Rainier Department of Public Works Department's Storm Water Retrofit Project on 32nd Street between Bunker Hill Road and Perry Street will begin on April 24.
The contractor will install rain gardens in the area as part of the City's green initiatives, funded by the Chesapeake Bay Trust through the Prince George’s County Stormwater Stewardship Grant Program.
A rain garden is a landscaped area specially designed to collect and treat polluted runoff generated on the landscape during rain events. Polluted runoff- also known as “stormwater,” is water that is filled with such pollutants as lawn fertilizer, pesticides and oil. Rather than letting these pollutants flow naturally towards a storm drain a rain garden can be implemented in your yard to filter and clean the pollutants in the water before entering your local waterway and eventually the Chesapeake Bay.