Recent studies have shown that climate change is a problem that is very relevant and apparent in our world today. One of the steps that our city is taking towards conserving our resources and fighting climate change is the development of the NYC Green Infrastructure Program, which is led by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Green infrastructure is useful in that it is able to manage storm water runoff from streets, sidewalks, parking lots, and rooftops in order to conserve our water supply. Likewise, according to the article, “Importance of Water Conservation”, conserving water supply is great for our environment because fresh, clean water is a limited resource and converting salt water into “usable” water is an expensive process. With the Green Infrastructure Program, we will be able to reuse our water, thus, cutting down overall costs. The DEP also looks to use green infrastructure to reduce polluted runoff from running into our bodies of water. This is beneficial in several ways as it’s good for water animal lives as well as it helps to prevent global warming. Although I think this is a great program, one thing I’d like to see is the program being used more and for the DEP to spread the word about the program. In my opinion, I feel like not many people know about this program and how beneficial it is for our city. This could be because we’re not always seeing the program at work.

References

http://www.thewaterpage.com/important-water.htmhttp://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/stormwater/using_green_infra_to_manage_stormwater.shtml