New York City is building different types of green infrastructure to solve the combined sewer overflow problem.
Cleaning the Toxic Water
By Jan Kobal
Clean Water Advocate Christopher Swain swam the entirety of the Gowanus Canal, one of the most polluted bodies of water in New York, on the 17th of October in order to help put “threatened waterways squarely in the public eye, and to support protection, restoration, and education efforts.”
Fighting Flooding
By Ying Lu
Another important function of Green Infrastructure is to prevent surface flooding.