摘要
INTRODUCTION Green technology best management practices such as rain gardens are often used to retrofit and mitigate the footprints of buildings and impervious cover in watersheds.Rain gardens are a recent technology created to help remedy water abuses.A rain garden promotes the environmental benefits of storm water mitigation,water conservation,groundwater recharge,and reduced waterbody pollution.This research documents the process of implementing a rain garden from initiation through completion on the campus of the University of Delaware in the White Clay Creek National Wild and Scenic River watershed.