Green Stormwater Infrastructure

Minimizing the impact of stormwater is embedded in the DNA of our organization since our earliest days in the Nine Mile Run stream, and at homes throughout the watershed. Large Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) projects – such as institutional rain gardens, stormwater tree pits, bioswales and large-scale tree plantings – allow us to intercept large quantities of water, redirect it for useful purposes, and contribute to placemaking through beautiful, identifiable assets in a community. UpstreamPgh will continue to identify opportunities, through our equity and suitability study, to initiate targeted projects that will do the most good for those residents of our watershed who are most in need of a healthier community.