{"id":61846,"date":"2011-03-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/dot-dem-uri-join-epa-city-of-providence-in-green-jobs-training\/"},"modified":"2011-03-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T00:00:00","slug":"dot-dem-uri-join-epa-city-of-providence-in-green-jobs-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2011\/03\/dot-dem-uri-join-epa-city-of-providence-in-green-jobs-training\/","title":{"rendered":"DOT, DEM, 溏心vlog免费B站 join EPA, City of Providence in Green Jobs Training"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tRain garden being constructed at RWP Botanical Center<\/p>\n


\nContacts:

\nMyra Schwartz, EPA 617-918-0696

\nDana Alexander Nolfe, RIDOT 401-222-1362 x4450

\nGail Mastrati, RIDEM 401-222-4700 x240<\/p>\n


\nPROVIDENCE \u2013 March 31, 2011 \u2013 Today and tomorrow, a group of landscape care professionals, municipal groundskeepers and stormwater managers are building a rain garden at the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center in a Green Jobs Training effort organized by the 溏心vlog免费B站, the R.I. Department of Transportation and R.I. Department of Environmental Management.<\/p>\n


\nRIDEM Director Janet Coit and other officials will greet the participants and review their progress at 9 a.m. on Friday, April 1.<\/p>\n


\nThis hands-on exercise includes a full day of classroom instruction focusing on the function, design, construction and maintenance of vegetated rain gardens. The rain garden will be used in educational programs at the botanical center and to manage stormwater. A dozen trainees from the Groundwork Providence\u2019s green jobs training program will construct a second rain garden at Manton Heights in cooperation with the Providence Housing Authority on Thursday, April 7.<\/p>\n


\nThe Rhode Island Residential Rain Garden Training program will introduce green industry professionals to rain garden siting and design and help prepare them to offer rain garden installation and maintenance services to clients. The demand for residential rain gardens is expected to increase dramatically since rain gardens are a simple, low-cost and attractive way to avoid or reduce stormwater pollution. And such low impact development methods are required under the new Rhode Island Stormwater Design and Installation Standards Manual. The new manual was developed by the R.I. Department of Environmental Management and the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council and adopted January 1, 2011.<\/p>\n


\nThis training program is made possible with funding from the R.I. Department of Transportation in partnership with the R.I. Department of Environmental Management under Rhode Island Stormwater Solutions \u2013 a public education and outreach project designed to raise public awareness about actions individuals can take to reduce stormwater pollution and to help municipalities establish effective stormwater management programs. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cRIDOT funds 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO) program as part of our Department\u2019s Storm Water Management Program,\u201d said RIDOT Director Michael P. Lewis. \u201cThe NEMO program created the \u2018Know Where It Goes\u2019 campaign, which is nationally recognized and is dedicated to providing public education and outreach across Rhode Island.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nAccording to the Department of Environmental Management, stormwater runoff is now a major source of pollution to the state\u2019s waters. Polluted stormwater runoff closes swimming beaches and shellfishing beds, threatens our drinking water, and contributes to flooding.<\/p>\n


\nOther partners in the rain garden training program include the City of Providence, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association. Instructors are from the Rutgers University Cooperative Extension, the University of Connecticut NEMO Program, and the 溏心vlog免费B站 Cooperative Extension. <\/p>\n


\nWhat is a rain garden?

\nA rain garden is a planted depression, about 6 inches deep, that collects rainwater from a roof, driveway or yard and allows it to infiltrate into the ground. Rain gardens are typically planted with native shrubs or perennials that are tolerant of changing water levels. The purpose of a rain garden is to capture rainwater runoff and allow it to seep into the ground naturally before it reaches a stormdrain or a neighbor\u2019s property. A rain garden improves water quality, helps prevent nuisance flooding, and can be designed to attract butterflies and birds. And they look good!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rain garden being constructed at RWP Botanical Center Contacts: Myra Schwartz, EPA 617-918-0696 Dana Alexander Nolfe, RIDOT 401-222-1362 x4450 Gail Mastrati, RIDEM 401-222-4700 x240 PROVIDENCE \u2013 March 31, 2011 \u2013 Today and tomorrow, a group of landscape care professionals, municipal groundskeepers and stormwater managers are building a rain garden at the Roger Williams […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}