As more American cities are dealing with higher intensity rainfall events due to the impacts of climate change, many municipalities are looking toward green infrastructure projects to help mitigate the effects of flooding.
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Bardia Heidar and his colleague Sayd Randle are researchers at Texas A&M's Agrilife center who have spent the last few years studying the impacts of how Green Stormwater Infrastructure projects are lessening major flooding events in American cities. Instead of installing traditional drainage pipes, many cities and towns opt to build stormwater inlets. They're essentially sophisticated rain gardens, where native soil is replaced with a high infiltration engineered soil mix. It helps lessen the impacts of flash flooding and heavy rainfall events.This team is seeing unintended benefits from these projects.
"A lot of time, the most marginalized communities for this type of flooding are low-income communities of color. Sometimes what looks like great projects to underserved communities end up being a burden. They entail a lot of work for the people who live there," she said. All of this comes at a critical juncture in American infrastructure. Many public works departments are seeing an influx of money from the bipartisan infrastructure bill while simultaneously grappling with intensified rainfall events.
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