Green Stormwater Infrastructure Grant Project

By Dan Culligan  A group of students from Naugatuck Valley Community College, together with NOFA, recently designed and constructed a rain collection system on the campus of NVCC. Under th...

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Sediment capture at front of rain garden We completed the rain garden at Three Rivers Community College on Saturday, June 6th and it came out perfectly! When Jenna and I arrived, the first...

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Yesterday was excavation day at Three Rivers Community College. Jenna Messier, Mike Deitz, the contractor Jim Benjamin Sr., his son, Jim Jr., and I were there all day to prep the site for the Jun...

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Jenna and I just checked in this morning at NVCC to see how the rain garden plants were coming along. It finally rained last night. Fortunately, Mike Schwartz of NVCC has been watering to plants ...

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Here is some helpful information from Rich Simcich of Agresource Inc: When designing a bio-retention an architect or engineer must calculate the volume of water the basin must filter for a 50...

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Looking east toward the garden Jenna and Mike We are in the process of planning the rain garden at Three Rivers Community College. Mike Deitz of UConn NEMO (Non-Point Source Education fo...

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Students planting We finished planting the rain garden at Naugatuck Valley Community College on Monday, April 28, 2015 and it came out beautifully! We worked with the diverse and well though...

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Old site at TRCC New Site at TRCC We have had quite a busy couple of weeks! During a meeting at Three Rivers Community College, Mike Deitz of NEMO (Non-point Education for Municipal O...

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Hello Stormwater Warriors! We are excited to launch this blog which will communicate the progress of our new Long Island Sound Future Fund (LISFF) grant, Demonstrating Green Stormwater Infrast...

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