A water resource engineer gathers rain water run-off at the Bicknell Avenue Street Greening Project for testing Friday, February 5, 2010. The project is intended to improve water quality by constructing landscaped biofilter swales, underground holding tanks and laying permeable concreate to capture urban runoff and le...t it seep back into the soil before it reaches the bay. This project, which can also help replenish groundwater supplies, is funded by Clean Beaches & Ocean Parcel Tax (Measure V) funds and a grant from the State Water Resources Control Board.
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