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2011 thru 2015

Blueprint Columbus: Water Infrastructure That Delivers More Public Value


The City of Columbus, Ohio is using green infrastructure to turn liabilities into assets. What made Mayor Michael B. Coleman take pause was that while the costs of building additional storage capacity were high, the benefits were markedly low and limited. The project would result in a new piece of infrastructure used maybe four or five days a year, and it would sit underground, literally, doing nothing for the landscape of the city and its citizens.

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US Environmental Protection Agency Pushes Cities Toward Green Infrastructure


“Requirements that municipalities use green infrastructure as part of their rainwater and stormwater management practices are becoming more common in local and state permitting procedures and regulations. It’s common now that green infrastructure is part of the solution” in Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) settlements,” stated Bob Newport.

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Provincial Funding in British Columbia Linked to Viewing Watersheds through a “Sustainable Service Delivery” Lens


“Asset management usually commences after something is built. The challenge is to think about what asset management entails BEFORE the asset is built. Cost-avoidance is a driver for this ‘new business as usual’. This paradigm-shift starts with land use and watershed-based planning, to determine what services can be provided affordably,” states Glen Brown.

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