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Maryland County Tests Public-Private Partnership for Green Infrastructure Projects

Government Technology: Leaders in Maryland's Prince George's County face an enormous task in complying with a federal "pollution diet" to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. Over the next decade, the county must convert 15,000 acres of watertight surfaces -- almost 5 percent of the county's total area -- into surfaces that will either soak up or treat rainwater. To meet that deadline, Prince George's will have to add some 46,000 stormwater devices, said Adam Ortiz, the director of the county's environment department. "This isn't like building one high school or a bridge. We're building tens of thousands of little ecosystems in some of our most disadvantaged areas. We need a new approach."

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