Did you know that nearly every city in the U.S. is built on top of an aging and inadequate wastewater infrastructure system? When these systems fail, and all too often they do, untreated sewage and polluted stormwater gets dumped into our favorite waterways.

Chicago Rain GardenFortunately, many cities are now looking beyond what is referred to as "gray infrastructure" to find green solutions to this problem. Green infrastructure offers environmentally friendly ways to control combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and stormwater discharges.

Beach OutfallI bet some of you are headed off for a spring vacation pretty soon, as I am. Think of all the great places you can go...

Headed to the beach for some sand and sun?

We've all heard about the adverse effect the aging baby-boomers are having on social security - but you may not have heard about their effect on our waters!