Daylighting the stream allowed it to be used again as a natural channel for stormwater runoff.
Stormwater runoff, caused by rainwater running off impervious pavement, is a principal cause of urban waterway pollution nationwide.
The company recently installed stormwater systems on military bases in Utah and California.
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Between 2010 and 2012 the number of stream miles that were polluted by stormwater runoff rose from 1, 120 to 1, 150.
An emerging area that is gaining momentum and deserves the attention of impact investors is green infrastructure for stormwater management.
Now Philadelphia is working on increasing on-site stormwater absorption by replacing some pavement with permeable surfaces and by restoring streambanks and wetlands.
Not all municipalities charge fees, or sufficient fees, to cover the cost of stormwater management, including repayment of debt used to finance GI.
In 2011 Abtech entered a joint venture with Waste Management, which is marketing the stormwater applications to its thousands of municipal customers.
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The wheels of innovation have begun to spin in stormwater management.
The expected result is significantly reduced stormwater pollution flowing into rivers and other water bodies, making them more usable and attractive for residents, businesses and visitors.
Green stormwater management is a collection of approaches that is dispersed across public and private land, and not a single system residing underground and maintained by one agency.
Among other initiatives, it has launched a stormwater credit market, whereby developers and property owners subject to tougher new stormwater management regulations can buy and sell stormwater credits.
Like many cities, Cincinnati has a combined sewer system that is easily overwhelmed in wet weather, when untreated stormwater mixes with wastewater and overflows into water bodies or backs up into homes.
Each section of the roof will contain different levels of soil that will aid the Bureau of Environmental Services in determining which is best to reduce stormwater runoff during a three-year performance study.
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We have a proposed stormwater control plan that will use a host of green infrastructure like rain gardens, green roof technology and green space to keep harmful storm surge out of out sewer system.
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The program will create a financial incentive and business opportunity for voluntary installation of stormwater retrofits to earn Stormwater Retention Credits that can be sold to regulated sites to meet part of their requirements.
From a gallery in The Post Family, a collaborative art space, Moving Designers heard from internationally renowned architect Gordon Gill and artist Matthew Hoffman (creator of the You are Beautiful project) to energy efficiency expert Tim Heppner and Ryan Wilson, the stormwater program manager at the Center for Neighborhood Technology.
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