Piloting Rain Gardens for Flood-prone Urban Communities
Liberia is testing rain gardens that absorb and filter stormwater, helping protect urban communities from flooding, polluted water and extreme heat.
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Overview
Rain gardens use plants, soil, gravel and mulch to capture stormwater, reduce flooding and filter pollutants before they reach groundwater. Different designs will be tested in Monrovia and Paynesville during both rainy and dry seasons to determine what works best locally.
Blue-green infrastructure has not yet been widely implemented in Liberia. The project will test rain gardens as a new complement to conventional drainage infrastructure in dense, flood-prone urban communities.
At a glance
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Ministry of Public Works |
| Primary sector |
Nature-based solutions |
| Innovation stage | đź’ˇ Proof of concept |
| AFCIA Programme |  |
Funding Received
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$
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AFCIA funding
USD 162,880
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Climate impacts addressed
Drought and water security
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Erratic rainfall
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Project team
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Marcus Nield
Communication Expert
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