Green infrastructure for your home

Visit Connecticut Fund for the Environment's Reduce Runoff website to learn why green infrastructure helps protect Long Island Sound and how you can incorporate it into your Bridgeport home. The site has information about the sewage overflow situation in Bridgeport, regulations affecting rain gardens, and how you can install a rain barrel.

Rain Garden in Vernon, CT (reducerunoff.org)Diverting rain water to gardens and rain barrels instead of combined sewer/stormwater systems prevents sewage from draining into the Sound during rain events, and protects animals, plants, and people who depend on a healthy Long Island Sound.