As flood risks rise, New Orleans neighborhoods build resilience
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As of 2023, community groups have planted more than 770 trees, installed 146 rain barrels, and implemented at least 110 other green infrastructure projects to instead soak up more of the water, the Earth Economics/Water Wise report found.
The efforts have helped add more than 189,000 gallons of stormwater retention capacity to several city neighborhoods.
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Across the street from Chalk's house sits a solar-powered "ECO Bench," which helps measure precipitation to track neighborhood-specific rainfall. It also provides a charging station - a source of sustainable energy in case of emergency.
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"We need both the gray infrastructure – the pumps, the pipes and the drains - and the nature-based solutions," Chalk said. "We know that these nature-based solutions and interventions work."
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