Manhattan College’s DEP Grant Listed in NYC Green Infrastructure Plan

The City of New York released a NYC Green Infrastructure Plan in September presenting alternative approaches to improving water quality integrating green infrastructure. The plan cited Manhattan College’s recent New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) grant to support the installation of a modular green roof for the New York Hospital Queens in Flushing, N.Y., as part of the stormwater grant program.

The College received $661,000 of the $2.6 million Flushing and Gowanus Green Infrastructure Grant Initiative in July 2010. The DEP grant program was created in order to integrate the use of green infrastructure projects to regulate and capture stormwater runoff during wet weather. The project’s goal is to decrease the amount of stormwater and wastewater being diverted into New York City’s adjacent waterways. DEP currently manages New York City’s water supply and supplies nine million residents with one billion gallons of water each day.

To learn more about the NYC Green Infrastructure Plan, click here. In addition, click here to read more about Manhattan’s modular green roof grant.