Seven green infrastructure projects that lead to cleaner water rain or shine

These projects are helping to slow down the fastest growing source of Bay pollution

By Jake Solyst |
Yellow coneflowers and other native plants bloom in a rain garden in front of Lancaster Brewing Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
A regenerative stream channel curves around the Duck Decoy Museum and down to the Susquehanna River. The channel treats roughly 20 acres of stormwater runoff before it enters the river and the Chesapeake Bay. (Photo courtesy of Underwood & Associates, LLC.)
An aerial view of Fulton shows the site before green infrastructure was put in place, dominated by asphalt and parking lot space. Green infrastructure replaced 6,850 square feet of impervious surface. (Photo by Eric Braker/Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay)
A car passes on the road in between the rain garden and Lancaster Brewing Company building.
Butterfly milkweed and other native plants bloom in a rain garden in front of Lancaster Brewing Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
A fenced-in rain garden captures stormwater runoff at the Knollwood Life Plan Community in Northwest Washington, D.C. (Photo by Rhiannon Johnston/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Bricks form pervious pavement on a road to the town square in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The pervious pavement allows stormwater to soak into the ground instead of creating polluted runoff. (Photo by Ethan Weston/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Native vegetation covers a roof at the Binghamton City Hall building. Forested hills are visible in the background. (Photo courtesy of Chatfield Farms Green Roofing)
Volunteers and members of the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance plant native plants in a rain garden along Conwell Street. (Photo courtesy of Nanticoke Watershed Alliance)

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