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The city that's turning its parking lots into sponges
After three summers of flash floods, Eastvale is tearing up asphalt and planting rain gardens. The early numbers suggest the ground can do what the pipes can't.
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After three summers of flash floods, Eastvale is tearing up asphalt and planting rain gardens. The early numbers suggest the ground can do what the pipes can't.

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