{'fraction_non_alphanumeric': 0.02392947103274559, 'fraction_numerical': 0.013853904282115869, 'mean_word_length': 5.0418250950570345, 'pattern_counts': {'":': 0, '<': 0, '<?xml version=': 0, '>': 0, 'https://': 0, 'lorem ipsum': 0, 'www.': 0, 'xml': 0}, 'pii_count': 0, 'substrings_counts': 0, 'word_list_counts': {'cursed_substrings.json': 0, 'profanity_word_list.json': 0, 'sexual_word_list.json': 0, 'zh_pornsignals.json': 0}}
B&V's Rain Garden Boosts Efforts to Reduce Stormwater Problems

Black & Veatch Corporation (B&V), a global engineering, consulting, and construction company headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., has started a corporate rain garden that is affiliated with Kansas City’s 10,000 Rain Gardens initiative. The 10,000 Rain Gardens initiative is part of the city’s stormwater management efforts— the idea being that the planting of 10,000 rain gardens in Kansas City during the next few years will help reduce potential problems with water pollution and stream degradation. A rain garden is a shallow basin or depression planted with plants that are native to the Kansas City area. These native plants have deep roots that allow water to infiltrate into the soil. According to recent research, properly designed rain gardens can effectively trap and retain up to 99% of common pollutants present in urban storm runoff and have the potential to improve water quality and promote the conversion of some pollutants into less harmful compounds. “The 10,000 Rain Gardens inititative is one way to reach out to the community and engage the public in a proactive and creative solution to some of our wet-weather problems,” said Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes. “Through this effort, Kansas City is already being recognized as a national role model in public involvement.” In a recent groundbreaking ceremony for the corporate rain garden that took place outside the offices of B&V Water, Barnes commended the company for its civic leadership in planning the first corporate rain garden and developing a wide-