The Greatest Opportunity for Green Stormwater Infrastructure Is to Advance Environmental Justice

Development of composite alginate bead media with encapsulated sorptive materials and microorganisms to bioaugment green stormwater infrastructure

“…1–3 Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) is being increasingly implemented as a nature-based solution to improve urban stormwater runoff quality, increase groundwater recharge, 4–7 and address broader societal needs. 8 Bioretention cells are one of the most widely-used GSI practices. 3,9 Conventional bioretention cells are typically filled with porous media consisting of sand, compost, soil, and mulch with vegetation 10 to maintain high hydraulic conductivity/infiltration rates and prevent extended ponding.…”