These days most websites are coded to display a little square icon in the browser tab, like this:

Riparian Houston is coded to display a tiny version of this:

But what the heck is that?

The image displays three different hydrographs.  The vertical axis displays the flow rate at a particular location at a particular moment in time. The flow rate is expressed in volume per unit time.  This might be cubic feet per second or gallons per minute.  The horizontal axis displays time in minutes, hours, or days, depending upon how large an area is draining.

When rain falls on any area of ground draining to a single point (the area of ground is called a catchment, a watershed, or a drainage area) the flow rate from the drainage area is initially zero, it increases to a peak rate, and then it declines back down to zero sometime after the rain stops.

The green hydrograph illustrates the typical flow rate variation you might see from an undeveloped area of land. The red hydrograph illustrates the typical flow rate variation you might see from development land with no mitigation. The blue hydrograph illustrates the typical flow rate variation you might see from development with a detention system used to mitigate the increase in runoff.

So the Riparian Houston icon is not just a pretty logo after all.