Environment Texas: Houston City Council Embraces Nature-Based Infrastructure to Fight Water Pollution
December 18, 2020
December 18, 2020
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 18 -- Environment Texas issued the following news release:
This morning, the Houston City Council voted to approve a new tax abatement program to promote nature-based infrastructure, features like rain gardens and constructed wetlands, which can help keep pollution out of our waterways while mitigating flooding and reducing urban heat.
In Houston, as across Texas, bacteria, excess nutrients, oil and toxic chemicals increasingly pollute waterways. Nat . . .
This morning, the Houston City Council voted to approve a new tax abatement program to promote nature-based infrastructure, features like rain gardens and constructed wetlands, which can help keep pollution out of our waterways while mitigating flooding and reducing urban heat.
In Houston, as across Texas, bacteria, excess nutrients, oil and toxic chemicals increasingly pollute waterways. Nat . . .