Install green stormwater infrastructure on public schools in Chicago to address water quality and flooding issues for Chicago’s combined sewer system and waterways. Project will restore approximately 70,000 square feet using stormwater best management practices with a designed retention capacity of 600,000 gallons and annual infiltration of 2 million gallons.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Sustain our Great Lakes Program
Project Title: Installing Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Chicago’s Historically Underserved Public Schools (IL)
Organization:
Chicago Public Schools, District 299
Project ID:
0501.21.071925
Description:
Award Amount:
$381435.00
Location:
Public schools in historically under-invested communities in Chicago, Cook County, IL