Benefits and Barriers to Right of Way Rain Gardens

<p>The results and product created in this project offer several potential applications for the Town of Auburn and other urban areas facing issues with stormwater runoff:</p> <ul> <li>Encouraging Infrastructural Change: By developing a guide for the creation of rain gardens, this project encourages urban centers to invest in rain gardens that will decrease the amount of pollution runoff from stormwater.<br />  </li> <li>Providing Ideas for Future Initiatives: This project provides a good example for developing low-cost solutions to important problems.<br />  </li> <li>Informing the Community: The guide that this project created informs the community about the dangers of stormwater runoff, as well as a provides a way to prevent it.</li> </ul> <p>This project, conducted by undergraduate students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in collaboration with the Town of Auburn, Massachusetts, and the Central Massachusetts Regional Stormwater Coalition, provides a test case and development plan for building rain gardens to reduce the amount of stormwater runoff.</p>