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|Factoid Text="Existing drainage swales on those streets have been modified to be deeper and bigger to slow runoff and bio-retention areas have been constructed to infiltrate and clean run-off before it reaches estuarine waters. Preliminary estimates show that the volume of stormwater kept from streaming down a series of town streets and ultimately into waterways around the island has been reduced by about 77 percent." - excerpts from [http://www.coastalreview.org/2015/11/oak-island-project-cuts-stormwater-flow/ article in Coastal Review Online].
 
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Green Infrastructure Can Markedly Reduce Stormwater Runoff Flows and Pollution

"Existing drainage swales on those streets have been modified to be deeper and bigger to slow runoff and bio-retention areas have been constructed to infiltrate and clean run-off before it reaches estuarine waters. Preliminary estimates show that the volume of stormwater kept from streaming down a series of town streets and ultimately into waterways around the island has been reduced by about 77 percent." - excerpts from article in Coastal Review Online.

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