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Community Groups | RAIN Community Solutions
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Is stormwater a high priority in your organization? Are you looking for training, tools, funding and support to help your organization take an enhanced role in promoting ecological solutions to stormwater issues in your community? Bring the RAIN Program to your community. RAIN Community Solutions works with community-based environmental organizations like yours, to develop customized plans to address local stormwater issues and priorities. Workbees that transform unused pavement into greenspace. Photo: A...
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Rain Community Solutions | Helping Municipalities and Property Owners Manage Rain Where it Falls
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L’histoire des eaux pluviales. A l’epreuve de la pluie. RAIN Community Solutions ( Solutions communautaires à la gestion de la pluie) aide les collectivités à gérer la pluie là où elle tombe dans le but d’économiser de l’argent, de réduire les risques d’inondation, et de protéger notre eau. Pour en savoir davantage sur ce que vous pouvez faire et comment nous pouvons vous aider:. Je travaille au sein d’une. Je fais partie d’un a. Nos programmes sont utiles. Pour épargner de l’argent. La réduction de la p...
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The Stormwater Story | RAIN Community Solutions
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The story of stormwater. Most of us don’t give rain a second thought – unless we’ve got too much or too little, but rain is becoming a big problem. Thanks to climate change, extreme weather and ever-increasing paved areas, it’s going to get a lot worse. It is imperative that we do something to change the urban landscape and the way rainwater is currently managed. What happens when it rains? Property damage from the 8 July 2013 storm in Toronto reached over $850 million. After the June 2013 storm in s...
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Awards and Achievements | RAIN Community Solutions
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Our projects have a solid track record of success. RAIN Community Solutions program received the 2015 Minister’s Award for Environmental Excellence. In the Non-Government Organization category. This award recognizes significant contribution and commitment to environmental protection in Ontario. In 2014, RAIN received the Council of the Federation Excellence in Water Stewardship Award. This award recognizes outstanding achievements, innovative practice and leadership in water stewardship. Ecosource is an ...
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Property Owners | RAIN Community Solutions
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Keep your basement dry, be a good neighbour, and use rain as a resource. As a property owner you want to protect your most valuable asset from water-related damage. Damage from flooding or seepage can cost a bundle and is often not covered by insurance. Minimize flooding, reduce runoff. Your basement is a hole in the ground – it wants to fill up with water! Take action to keep the water out. Minimize flood risk for your neighbours. Protect your nearest water body (creek, river or lake). RAIN Community So...
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Support Our Work | RAIN Community Solutions
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There are a number of simple actions you can take to support our work. Do you like what we do and want to see more of it? There are several ways you can show your support and help communities manage rain where it falls. Donate to support RAIN Community Solutions. When you make a donation. Subscribe to our newsletter. Sign up for the Umbrella Stormwater Bulletin. To get the latest in green infrastructure news. Engage us for a presentation. To schedule a presentation. Which you can send from this website.
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About RAIN | RAIN Community Solutions
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We work with municipalities, environmental groups, and property owners to reduce runoff and protect water quality by managing rain where it falls. Origins of the RAIN Program. Since 1995, Green Communities Canada. Member organizations have been working on water issues, including pollution prevention and conservation. RAIN Promotes three key messages:. Reduce peak stormwater flows through rainwater-harvesting and increasing the urban forestry canopy. Prevent pollutants like pet waste, oil and grease, fert...
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How RAIN Community Solutions can help you save money, reduce flood risk and protect our water | RAIN Community Solutions
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How RAIN Community Solutions can help you save money, reduce flood risk and protect our water. Jul 8, 2015 News. RAIN Community Solutions is on a mission to create flood-resilient communities where rain is managed where it falls to reduce runoff and pollution. Learn more about it on our newly redesigned website. RAIN Community Solutions, a program of Green Communities Canada. On Great Lakes Water Quality, and a recent bulletin outlining expectations regarding stormwater management. Green Communities Cana...
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Slow It Down | RAIN Community Solutions
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Slowing rain down helps protect your property and our water, reducing erosion and flooding. Here are some simple things you can do to slow rain down. Disconnect your downspout from the storm sewer and allow rain to soak into permeable areas. The City of Portland provides instructions. On how to disconnect your downspout. Install a rain barrel or cistern at each downspout. Enhance the urban forest. To measure the benefits. To find out more. Attn: RAIN Community Solutions. 416 Chambers Street, 2nd Floor.