educate homeowners about the function of a storm water pond. • Use best management practices (BMPs) to keep grass clippings in your yard, sweep them off of sidewalks and driveways and out of str ...

While the pond is empty, let’s look at some of the standard koi protection efforts. Koi pond experts recommend floating nets out from the edges ... to move it around to keep the illusion alive.

The ponds collect and filter the water, keeping pollutants out of lakes and rivers. The filters: Each pond has a “buffer” around it. A buffer is an area of plants surrounding the pond ...

Residents in The Landings have won their fight to stop city officials from pumping stormwater runoff from other subdivisions into their retention pond ... but would keep a close eye on the ...

We took less out of the ponds this year, which is a good sign. We grew up here as kids ... “This is where we swim, and we’d like to keep a clean area for the kids,” she said.

It was while I was scooping out debris from the pond with my bare hands I noticed I had acquired wildlife attachments. It took me several minutes to pry loose a dozen of the ½-inch long critters ...

Tucked away in a mostly unnoticed corner of Mason Park are a marsh and two ponds too small for recreational ... made wetlands can filter contaminants out of stormwater runoff and reduce the ...