This project focuses to provide Walker Township leadership information and tools for its residents to address backyard flooding relating to maintenance and increased absorption on private land. When residential housing is adjacent to a creek, the lawns often run up to the creek bed. In Walker Township several residential lots border a creek that is dry during periods of drought but swells and cause minor flooding during severe rain events. The township would like to encourage residential landown...
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- University Penn State University
- Sustainable Development Goals 03 Good Health and Well-Being, 04 Quality Education, 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Population Type Rural
- University Department Plant Sciences and Landscape Architecture
- Status Completed
- Lead Local Gov / Community Partner Org Name Walker Township