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Green Infrastructure Provides Many Benefits

"Green infrastructure is a multi-beneficial way to deal with a number of issues," says Sawyers. It reduces the volume of storm water flowing through the system during a rainstorm, which then makes it easier for the water treatment plant to deal with the influx. Green features are cheaper to install than tunnels. They can also produce parklike landscapes that serve as wildlife habitat, produce oxygen, sequester carbon and pollution..." - excerpt from article in National Geographic.

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