Disconnected Downspouts
WDisconnected Downspouthen it rains or snow melts, an amazing amount of water comes flowing off of your roof. The downspout helps capture that water and send it to a place other than inside your home!
Downspouts help direct the water to safer places to protect your home. Typically, the downspouts are connected to the perimeter pipes around your house that go straight to the storm system, and then local streams.
In a sustainable development, the downspouts are disconnected from the storm system and instead have a splash pad below them so that most of the water that hits your roof can be directed to grassed areas or gardens where most of the water can be used by plants or it can soak into the ground
- See more at: http://www.surrey.ca/city-services/3646.aspx#sthash.tKqcrGOO.dpuf