umstead+garden+coalition

A couple of weekends ago I helped out at Umstead Park. Umstead park was having problems with runoff from the connecting parking lot whenever it rained. The runoff would go into a nearby stream through the runoff drain and spread pollutants such as sediments and harmful nitrates with it. I helped out by removing the old rocks that were falling down and swept up loose sediments that would have went into the streams. sweeping up the sediment also helped to clear up the clogging that was preventing the normal sand from properly absorbing the water. this related to our course because we learned about the importance of controlling erosion and runoff to stop pollutants from entering near by streams.