Philadelphia green infrastructure lessons for cities
A Useful Lesson from Philadelphia’s Rainwater Streets
This short video on Philadelphia’s Green City, Clean Waters program shows stormwater infrastructure doing several jobs at once: slowing runoff, filtering pollutants, and reducing pressure on combined sewers. I appreciated the emphasis on ordinary materials - plants, soil, and permeable surfaces - rather than a single dramatic project. It is a useful reference for anyone thinking about how maintenance and public health fit into climate adaptation.