House T and I Committee Holds Hearing on Urban Stormwater

On March 18, 2009 the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment  held a hearing on how municipalities can combat Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO),  the viability of "Green Infrastructure" to address stormwater runoff, and current approaches and developing technologies to combat CSO's. Click on the link below to view a summary of content and video from the hearing including testimony from the National Research Council; the United States Environmental Protection Agency; Dallas, Texas; Kansas City, Missouri; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Portland, Oregon; WIN Coaltion partner the National Association of Clean Water Agencies; the National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies; and the Natural Resources Defense Council. http://transportation.house.gov/hearings/hearingDetail.aspx?NewsID=833