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Managing Wet Weather with Green InfrastructureOVERVIEW
What is Green Infrastructure?
Green infrastructure is an approach to wet weather management that is cost-effective, sustainable, and environmentally friendly. Green Infrastructure management approaches and technologies infiltrate, evapotranspire, capture and reuse stormwater to maintain or restore natural hydrologies. At the largest scale, the preservation and restoration of natural landscape features (such as forests, floodplains and wetlands) are critical components of green stormwater infrastructure. By protecting these ecologically sensitive areas, communities can improve water quality while providing wildlife habitat and opportunities for outdoor recreation. On a smaller scale, green infrastructure practices include rain gardens, porous pavements, green roofs, infiltration planters, trees and tree boxes, and rainwater harvesting for non-potable uses such as toilet flushing and landscape irrigation. Register for the Managing Wet Weather with Green Infrastructure Workshop scheduled for November 6-7, 2008 in Louisville, KY.
To be added to an e-mail distribution list for updates on green infrastructure activities, send an e-mail request to molloy.jennifer@epa.gov.
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