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By Beverly Hunter
Special to the Rappahannock News
This year’s drought makes us more aware of the value of water we receive during rainstorms. This year so far we have received about a third less precipitation than normal. Many of Rappahannock County’s 755 miles of streams were dry in late summer, or nearly so. Eveiy day we see the effects of the drought on. our gardens, forests, farm animals, fields, springs, creeks, ponds, wildlife, and even some deep wells. This is an opportune time to consider how we can better manage, protect and conserve future rainwater.
How we manage our land - including how we design and maintain buildings, roads, driveways, parking lots, fields, forests, lawns, and landscape vegetation - directly affects both the quality and quantity of water available in tiie ground, in streams, and in ponds.
In this article we look at reasons why we should improve the ways in which we manage stormwater. In the second article of this series, we will identify how we can better manage and conserve rainwater on our own property. The third article will discuss the draft Stormwater Management Ordinance being considered for adoption by
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