Green infrastructure is an approach that communities can choose to maintain healthy waters, provide multiple environmental benefits and support sustainable communities. Unlike single-purpose gray stormwater infrastructure, which uses pipes to dispose of rainwater, green infrastructure uses vegetation and soil to manage rainwater where it falls. By weaving natural processes into the built environment, green infrastructure provides not only stormwater management, but also flood mitigation, air quality management, and much more.
Programmes in green infrastructure
Provides information on how you can get involved including ways to protect human health and the environment by raising awareness about potential threats to your drinking water, local rivers, lakes, streams, wetlands, the fish and shellfish you eat, and aquatic ecosystems.
Adopt Your Watershed – This program challenges you to serve your community by taking part in activities to protect and restore your local watershed.
After the Storm – Weather emergencies such as flooding can introduce pollutants to your water supply. Learn how to protect your source of water and find out what to do in the event that your drinking water is compromised.
Bring Back the Water Fountain -Partnering with government across the nation through the to reinvigorate our nation's supply of public drinking fountains.
Emergency Preparedness – identify some of the issues you may face preparing for, during and after an event that can directly threaten your health and the health of your family.
Energy/Water - To help move toward a more sustainable energy and water future. restoration of watersheds and fisheries – An initiative to accelerate restoration of watersheds and fisheries threatened by abandoned hard rock mine runoff. The Good Samaritan initiative encourages voluntary cleanups by parties that are not responsible for the