Hotel Rain Garden Protects Coastal Waters

Catching and treating effluent from On-Site Disposal System overflows offers protection to coastal waters and the ecosystems they support. Overflow of untreated hotel water rapidly flows downstream and into coastal waters. This presents a public health hazard and stresses the coastal ecosystem.

By engineering simple and effective methods such as vetiver grass rain gardens, the overflows from existing infrastructure can be rapidly and cost-effectively mitigated.

The model employed at this hotel in Guánica can be readily replicated with other similar infrastructure systems, providing critical protection for coastal life.