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  • As floods increase, cities like Detroit are looking to green stormwater infrastructure

    April 16, 2019 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    In Detroit, a city with plenty of open space, there is ample opportunity for green stormwater infrastructure to help the city better manage water. The dual goal of decreasing water pollution and better managing flood conditions has already started with the 16 GSI projects in use. A new approach to water drainage fees based on amount of land has incentivized business owners to implement their own stormwater-reducing measures. The city plans to spend $50 million more on these efforts in the next ten years.

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  • As the West burns, a town fields its own amateur firefighters

    September 05, 2018 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Dufur, Oregon

    In the town of Dufur, Oregon, local residents have been acting as firefighters to protect their fields and homes, using farming equipment to bury dry vegetation and tanks of water to put out the flames. While this has been the norm for years – because of the length of time it takes professional firefighters to arrive – the recent increase in wildfires is calling into question the safety of this informal fire fighting and figuring out how to work together with professionals.

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  • This building designed to flood is a glimpse of things to come

    September 28, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    At a factory in Mumbai, clever design and “resilient architecture” join together to form the “Concrete Void,” a space designed to hold water during India’s monsoon season. Rather than trying to keep the water out, the architect designed the factory such that this Concrete Void, positioned below the higher level of the factory, holds water in the rainy season. In the off-season, it functions as an amphitheater space for workers to gather. As climate change becomes more of a threat, more types of this resilient architecture are expected to be created.

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  • Newark DIG: Doing Infrastructure Green

    December 19, 2017 |

    CivicStory |

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    Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

    Due in part to an outdated infrastructure, Newark's storm sewers get overwhelmed with litter, oil and other materials that end up impacting the cleanliness of the community's drinking water. To combat this issue, a group of passionate community members formed Doing Infrastructure Green (DIG) to help bring education to residents about sustainable solutions around the water supply.

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  • Towaoc Had No Running Water in the 1970s. Now it Does, and the Tribe Irrigates a Farm. What Changed?

    May 22, 2018 |

    KSJD |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    A green oasis sits amongst desert land in southwest Colorado, but this swath of Ute Mountain land wasn't always so fortunate. Thanks in large part to the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe leveraging their sovereignty, a settlement led to federal funding for canals, pipelines and the construction of the McPhee reservoir.

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  • New sanitation system tested in Arctic village of Kivalina

    September 07, 2015 |

    Anchorage Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Kivalina, Alaska

    Lack of access to sanitary bathrooms in the village of Kivalina, Alaska led to the implementation of a novel, home-based water sanitation system, currently being tested for effectiveness. The hope is that it proves to be a solution for areas all over the state with lack of access to clean water systems.

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  • Mending Coastal Marshes

    January 20, 2020 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisiana

    Martin Ecosystems uses recycled plastic bottles to manufacture artificial islands and shorelines, allowing native vegetation to grow and preventing land erosion, which has restored Louisiana’s wetlands and barrier islands. Plastic mats are layered, injected with Coast Guard approved foam for buoyancy, and planted with native vegetation. Once anchored in rows of up to 20 or more, they act as breakwaters reducing wave height by up to 80% and minimizing erosion. The mats also provide cover for nesting birds and a complex ecosystem for aquatic life. They have withstood years of hurricanes and tropical storms.

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  • Can water ATMs solve India's water crisis?

    April 13, 2016 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: India, Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi

    In many rural communities in India, access to clean drinking water is still scarce. The cost of bottled water is prohibitive, city pipes are in poor condition, and the municipal tanker trucks that supply some water are haphazard. But a social business called Sarvajal is busy scaling up a solution: a water ATM. These machines allow people to scan a pre-paid card and withdraw purified water from a stable, convenient source within their community when needed.

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  • Essen's award-winning blueprint for greening the postindustrial city

    February 16, 2017 |

    Citiscope |

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    Response Location: Germany, Essen

    Essen has a very industrial past but due to private and public efforts it has become Europe's 2017 "green capital". The city has converted industrial buildings into places for art, wastewater is being diverted from the river, bike mobility has been increased, and trees have been planted.

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  • Water from air: ASU professor's technology produces clean drinking water around the globe

    November 07, 2019 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    An elementary school program is teaching students about renewable energy in action. By working with the startup Zero Mass Water, educators can share lessons from the company’s hydropanels, which use solar energy to capture water from the air and turn it into drinking water. The technology is now being used worldwide.

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