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U.S. EPA: Supporting Sustainable Solutions With Green Infrastructure Technologies
Citation:
YEARDLEY JR, R. B., J. H. MCCREADY, O. O. Green, AND A. GILLILAND. U.S. EPA: Supporting Sustainable Solutions With Green Infrastructure Technologies.
Impact/Purpose:
To explore the different supporting sustainable solutions to prevent environmental and public health risks.
Description:
Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) pose environmental and public health risks in many U.S. cities. It is common that the aging water infrastructure includes combined sewers - sewers that handle both stormwater and sewage. The EPA supports sustainable solutions to environmental problems like CSOs. Green infrastructure (GI) technologies (rain harvesting, rain gardens, permeable pavement) provide more sustainable alternatives to grey infrastructure (pipes, storage tunnels, wastewater treatment) to CSOs, and have a number of environmental, societal, and economic benefits.