{"id":2512,"date":"2025-11-12T23:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T04:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.seagrant.w3.uvm.edu\/?page_id=2512"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:08:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:08:21","slug":"stormwater-education-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/stormwater-education-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Stormwater Education Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arcg.is\/1LTmXq0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This interactive storymap details how you can manage stormwater on your property or become certified through BLUE BTV.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/646782070bde42eeb4789db3d1e34112\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500px\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"geolocation\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stormwater Impacts and Ways to Keep Our Water Clean<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uvm.edu\/seagrant\/resource\/economics-of-water-quality\/\" data-type=\"resource\" data-id=\"1917\">Economics of Water Quality (PDF): <\/a>Water quality is strongly connected to the local economy, recreation, aesthetics, and tourism\u00a0of the Lake Champlain basin. Learn what we can do to keep the basin&#8217;s waterways clean.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uvm.edu\/seagrant\/resource\/combined-sewer-overflows-csos\/\" data-type=\"resource\" data-id=\"1921\">Combined Sewer Overflows (PDF): <\/a>Combined sewer systems convey both sewer and stormwater runoff to wastewater treatment plants. During large storm events, untreated or partially untreated volumes can overflow into waterways. Learn what&#8217;s being done in Burlington\u00a0to prevent\u00a0overflow events and what actions property owners can take.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uvm.edu\/seagrant\/resource\/understanding-cyanobacteria\/\" data-type=\"resource\" data-id=\"1919\">Understanding Cyanobacteria\u00a0(PDF):<\/a> Cyanobacteria blooms in our waterways can be harmful to people and animals. Learn about these forms of bacteria and what we can do to reduce blooms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uvm.edu\/seagrant\/resource\/maintaining-driveways\/\" data-type=\"resource\" data-id=\"1913\">Maintaining Driveways (PDF): <\/a>Driveways can contribute to stormwater and pollutant runoff. Learn ways to construct and maintain driveways that reduce stormwater runoff.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uvm.edu\/seagrant\/resource\/best-lawn-care-practices\/\" data-type=\"resource\" data-id=\"1915\">Best Lawn Care\u00a0Practices (PDF): <\/a>Learn about ways to maintain your lawn that will grow healthier grass and reduce stormwater runoff.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Residential and Community Stormwater Management Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uvm.edu\/seagrant\/stormwater-education-resources\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2512\">Green Infrastructure Resources<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uvm.edu\/seagrant\/lawn-care-and-stormwater-runoff\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"714\">Lawn Care and Stormwater Runoff\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rethinkrunoff.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rethink Runoff<\/a>: A&nbsp;program managed by the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission that increases awareness about stormwater runoff issues and ways to get involved<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/winooskiriver.org\/storm-smart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Storm Smart Property Assessment<\/a>: A similar residential stormwater program for residents within the Winooski River Watershed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Northeast Native Plant Lists<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uvm.edu\/seagrant\/resource\/water-loving-clay-tolerant-plant-list\/\" data-type=\"resource\" data-id=\"1830\">Water-Loving Clay Tolerant Plant List:<\/a> plants that can tolerate saturated and soggy soils<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uvm.edu\/seagrant\/resource\/salt-tolerant-plant-list\/\" data-type=\"resource\" data-id=\"1829\">Salt Tolerant Plant List:<\/a> plants for along sidewalks and roadways that may be treated with salt in winter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This interactive storymap details how you can manage stormwater on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-2512","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2512"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3273,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2512\/revisions\/3273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=2512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}