Can Green Approaches Help Solve the Problem?
Many water quality experts believe that much of the toxins, bacteria, and other contaminants carried by daily urban and stormwater runoff could be permanently addressed by directing these polluted waters to a network of new and well-designed “green” areas: new and restored natural habitat, parks, and recreation lands that would allow soil and plants to naturally filter and uptake water and pollutants as well as providing a wide range of open space and other benefits. The Green Solution can be implemented in any area suffering from polluted runoff problems. To be considered a Green Solution, projects must: • Convert paved, impervious areas to pervious lands that allow water to filter into soil and plants • Retrofit existing pervious areas to effectively catch, filter, clean, store, and reduce runoff • Create multiple benefits, such as parks, recreation, habitat, and other open space opportunities. CCI’s Green Solution methodology is being applied in watersheds in Los Angeles County and
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