By any measure, we’ve had a lot of rain in many parts of the country. Just ask anyone in the Driftless region. The floods that come with all this rain bring many problems, including causing pollutants to wind up in our natural waterways. Rain gardens are designed to soak up and filter stormwater runoff. Click here to learn more. In today’s video from Building Wisconsin TV, host Stuart Keith and Karen Sands from the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District show how to build a rain garden for a sump pump discharge.

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