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rain gardens are a type of abc waters design feature they are vegetated depressions that are designed to detain and treat rainwater runoff [Music] rainwater runoff is filtered by the dense vegetation in the rain garden as well as the specially designed soil layers beneath the rain garden surface sediments are trapped via this filtration process while pollutants like nutrients are removed by plants and bacteria in the soil the filtered water that exits the rain garden will then be channeled to the canal during a more intense rain event the excess rainwater runoff will overflow into the sump and channel directly to the canal the plants in the rain gardens play a key role in maintaining the porosity of the filter media and the removal of nutrients from rainwater runoff the plants need to have fibrous roots and be able to withstand wet and dry conditions rain gardens are designed to detain the water temporarily during rain events the water detained will be filtered through the soil media w