Private Residence Permeable Paver Retrofit & Rain Garden
Location: Newark, Delaware (New Castle County)
Installed: 2018
Partners: White Clay Watershed Association, Garden Square Landscaping
Funding Support: White Clay Wild and Scenic River Funding via the Catch the Rain Program, Homeowners
A single-family residential property in Newark, Delaware had an impervious asphalt driveway and concrete walkway generating substantial stormwater runoff toward the storm sewer replaced with permeable pavers. Working with a contractor, the owners undertook a permeable paver retrofit of both the driveway and front walkway, paired with a 12-inch-deep rain garden along the street edge connected to the roof downspout. Together these practices reduce runoff from the site, promote groundwater recharge, and add native plant habitat along an urban residential streetscape that drains to the White Clay Creek watershed.
