Look for articles on this site referring you to the Portland clean river rewards program. Manage your roof water run off and save big until 2017 with up to 100% deduction of storm sewer charges on your City of Portland water bill. See information on this site about this program.
Hand excavated french drains are all about green groundwater methods that existed long before the term “green” was ever created. Putting the groundwater back into the ground rather than sending it down the storm sewer line is environmentally sound. Perking the water with drywells restores the groundwater table below us and keeps our wells pumping clean water. It also does not overflow the sanitary sewer system, flushing human waste into the Willamette River. (more…)
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