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2. 7 Landscaping Tips That Can Help Keep Water Out of Your ... - AOL

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   Landscaping to prevent water from damaging your home or flooding your basement is a smart strategy. Learn seven easy steps that everyone, from gardening newbies to seasoned pros, can try.

3. Flood management - Wikipedia

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   Bioswale – Landscape elements designed to manage surface runoff water; Coastal management – Preventing flooding and erosion of shorelines; Constructed wetland – Artificial wetland to treat wastewater, greywater or stormwater runoff; Disaster risk reduction – Preventing and reducing disaster risk factors

4. Xeriscaping - Wikipedia

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   In some areas, terms such as water-conserving landscaping, drought-tolerant landscaping, and smart scaping are used instead. The use of plants whose natural requirements are appropriate to the local climate is emphasized, and care is taken to avoid losing water to evaporation and runoff. However, the specific plants used in xeriscaping vary ...

5. Rain garden - Wikipedia

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   The first rain gardens were created to mimic the natural water retention areas that developed before urbanization occurred. The rain gardens for residential use were developed in 1990 in Prince George's County, Maryland, when Dick Brinker, a developer building a new housing subdivision had the idea to replace the traditional best management practices (BMP) pond with a bioretention area.

6. Mud and debris are flowing down hillsides across California ...

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   In 1934 a storm over the Southern California mountains unleashed runoff so intense that 30 people were killed, more than 480 homes were destroyed and a nearly 60-ton (54-metric ton) boulder was ...

7. Rain is finally coming to Southern California: What you need ...

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   Public works said it would be installing barriers, removing debris and diverting runoff from the stormwater system into the sewer system, where it can be treated, ahead of the wet weather.