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The grant came directly from the foundation and not fromstimulus D.C.’s low-impact development proposal was one of 24 picker this year to get funding to weed out pollution in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. “This gran t gives us the opportunity to deal with stormwater differently and on a largerf scale thanever before,” said George Hawkins, department director. “If we help naturee absorb and filter stormwater, there may be less of it to and less of it to carry pollutants into our riversand streams.
” The department’s pilog project spans 14 acres surrounding Rock Through the funding, the department will instalol green roofs, vegetation and porous pavement to absorg stormwater at the source. The purposew is to find out if that type of work can reduce runoff and the resultin pollutionto D.C. waterways. The $12.09 million in grants cover six statesand D.C.