U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Among the greatest challenges to improving water quality are discharges and overflows of raw sewage into our waters. Combined systems that carry sewage from homes and businesses as well as rainwater collected from street drains overflow during heavy rains, the rainwater mixes with sewage and results in raw sewage being directly discharged into water bodies.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the University at Buffalo (UB) co-sponsored a conference in Buffalo on March 14, 2013 to discuss how Western New York communities can utilize green infrastructure projects.

Discussions at the Western New York Green Infrastructure Forum included:
-Acquiring Resources for Green Infrastructure
-Community Action in Green Infrastructure
-Innovations in Green Infrastructure
-Green Infrastructure Public Private Partnerships

For a copy of EPA’s report about clean water, called "Keeping Raw Sewage & Contaminated Stormwater Out of the Public’s Water", use the link provided below:

Keeping raw sewage & contaminated stormwater out of the public's water