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Green Infrastructure in the Urban Environment | 1.5 CM
November 13, 2015 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Green Infrastructure and Stormwater Management Speaker Series Presents
Green Infrastructure in the Urban Environment: What Can Municipalities Do?
Speaker: Charlotte Katzenmoyer, City of Lancaster
Approved for 1.5 CM Credits
The presentation will detail the City of Lancaster’s efforts to proactively reduce combined sewer system overflows by implementing economically viable, long-term strategies for mitigating the negative impacts on wet weather overflows on water quality. The presentation will provide an overview of the City’s focus on installing green infrastructure technologies over the next twenty-five years.
Green Infrastructure project examples such as green roofs, porous paving, pervious paving, infiltration systems, bioretention swales, vegetated curb extensions, tree trenches and other technologies within parks, parking lots, streets, alleys and sidewalks, will be highlighted in the presentation.