en.Wedoany.com Reported - The New York City Department of Environmental Protection recently completed a $600,000 stormwater management project at St. Charles School in the Oakwood neighborhood of Staten Island. The project installed an underground stormwater storage chamber beneath the school's parking lot to collect runoff from rooftops and paved surfaces.

The stormwater management project was built in partnership with the Parish of St. Charles Borromeo and the Archdiocese of New York. According to the Department of Environmental Protection, these storage chambers can hold over 50,000 gallons of stormwater at a time and manage approximately 818,000 gallons of stormwater annually by slowly infiltrating runoff into the ground instead of discharging it into the sewer system.

NYC Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Lisa F. Garcia stated in a press release: "Climate change is already reshaping life in New York City, bringing more intense storms and heavier rainfall. As we rise to this challenge, we know that public infrastructure cannot do it alone, and incentives like DEP's 'Partners for a Resilient New York' grant program help private properties do their part to capture stormwater where it falls."

The stormwater management project is funded by the DEP's "Partners for a Resilient New York" program, which supports the installation of green infrastructure on private properties. The DEP stated that the program has completed over 15 projects with approximately $19 million in funding to date. The agency also noted that its broader green infrastructure program has installed more than 16,000 installations citywide, including rain gardens, permeable pavement systems, infiltration basins, and underground detention systems, to reduce sewer overflows and urban flooding.

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