[OKC] Turner Foundation Seeks Information on Local Green Infrastructure Projects

[Dan Yates]

Turner Foundation Seeks Information on Local Green Infrastructure
Projects


Is your community investing in green infrastructure to improve air
quality, lower summertime temperatures, or reduce energy costs? The
Clean Water America Alliance (Alliance) is conducting a project for the
Turner Foundation to engage utilities, cities, government agencies,
nonprofit organizations, and the private sector on green infrastructure
policy. The resulting report will be used to help the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency with its national rulemaking to establish a program to
reduce stormwater discharges.

If you would like to participate in this project, complete the
questionnaire at the link below to submit information on your current
green infrastructure implementation efforts as well as the barriers
you've encountered. The questionnaire is intended to seek quantitative
and qualitative data on the technical, financial, legal, institutional,
and cultural barriers to implementing green infrastructure practices at
the local, state, and federal levels of government.

Your contribution will be compiled with others to develop a report
highlighting the opportunities, barriers and recommendations. The
Alliance will promote and distribute the report to participants in the
water sector, conservation communities, and key policy-makers, as well
as other interested parties.

Respond to the questionnaire yourself, or circulate the link below to
others at your organization to complete some or all of the questions, as
appropriate. The deadline for survey participation is April 15, 2011.

http://www.cleanwateramericaalliance.org/gisurvey_about.php 

password: GREEN

For more information, please contact Lorraine Loken at the Alliance,
(202) 533-1819, or email lloken at cwaa.us.

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that help further environmental goals and achieve public health and
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