katherine barrett has more. >> a torrent in tacopma washington.rby, on this suburban street on the street of puyallup, a street made of special porous asphalt pavement. >> amazing. there isn't any standing water on the street. before we would get our shoes soaking wednesday or muddy going to our cars or front doors. this street doesn't have any on it when it rains. >> this is part of natural showcasing of pavement, the sidewalks and the street surface let rainwater flow through into the ground be rather than rushing into storm drains containing potentially dangerous chemicals. >>> these rain gardens manage any overflow. >> it solves our water issue, they don't have to worry about standing water. but it's a bigger issue our population is going to continue to increase so we have to be able to handle the water. >> chemical-laiden runoff can affect wildlife. how fish handle the impact of unfiltered runoff. >> that runoff are appeared to be toxicity, rolling over, loss of equilibrium. >> puyallip joins t tacoma and seattle, porous paving and rain garde

al jazeera's katherine barrett reports on their struggle to survive. >> as the federal shutdown bore down on this tribe on the northern shore of the olympic pennsinsuala, the chairman scrambled to leverage assets, taking out a $750,000 loan at a hefty 6% to replace lost funds. the tribe needs the money for social alservices, food aid. >> we are subsidising the federal government to carry out its legal and moral obligations to the indian communities. >> without federal wildlife officers on the job to monitor them, they are not legally supposed to fish. budget cuts were hurting indian health services, head start programs and food aid. they say: >> the jamestown tribe is business savvy, and self-governing. many other tribes are far less fortunate, and all rely to varying degrees on federal funds or services like foster care, college scholarships, nutrition programs and some health services. here at the tribal health clinics patients and staff are anxious about the shutdown. >> there's so much ms information about the budget, obamacare, and everything. we spend an enormous amount of time

al jazeera's katherine barrett tells us about a tribe struggling to make ends meet. >> as the federaltdown bore down on his jamestown tribe on the northern shore of washington's olympic penninesuala, assets were lefaged -- leveraged land, land and a casino. the tribe needs the money for social services, food aid and scholarships. >> it costs us money, because we are carrying out federal functions with our money and subsidising the federal government to carry out their legal and moral obligations to the indian communities. >> without the federal agents on the job to monitor them, they are not allowed to legally fish. budget cuts were hurting indian health services, head start programs and food aid. the national congress of american indians says: . >>> the james down tribe is business savvy, and self-governing. many other tribes are less fortunate. and all rely to varying degrees on federal funds for services like foster care, college scholarships, nutrition programs and health services. >> at the tribal health clinic patients and staff are anxious. >> there's so much misinformation out