National Design Competition – Infill Philadelphia: Soak It Up!

The Philadelphia Water Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Community Design Collaborative have launched a national design competition to promote the creative, innovative use of green stormwater infrastructure in Philadelphia and other cities. The design competition is part of Infill Philadelphia: Soak it Up!—a design initiative exploring how green stormwater infrastructure can revitalize urban neighborhoods. [...]

Hippie Infrastructure

The greening of gray and the softening of hard has come a long way in the last 40 years, but this “nature-based,” green infrastructure movement still has a ways to go.  It got a boost, though, in September in Washington DC and it’s going to get another big bump in October in Cincinnati Ohio. In [...]

Clean Water America Alliance welcomes new Board Members

Download (Washington, D.C.)  The U.S. Water Alliance will add four new Directors to its Board.  “The Alliance is broadening its perspective and growing its membership of proven leaders,” explains President Ben Grumbles.  Joining the Alliance Board are: John Batten, Vice President of Marketing, Communications and Sales for environmental consulting firm Malcolm Pirnie, the Water Division [...]

Driving Political Change on Green Infrastructure

Howard Neukrug, Alliance Board member and Deputy Commissioner, Environmental Services and Planning for the Philadelphia Water Department, recently testified before Congress at a hearing on the impact of green infrastructure and low impact development on the nation’s water quality, economy and communities (click HERE to learn more). In addition to Neukrug, whose testimony can be [...]