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Our country’s water infrastructure needs investment. However, funding and financing sources are growing increasingly competitive and communities are finding it difficult to secure adequate resources to make needed investments in their systems. In this report, CNT identifies innovative funding and...Read more

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Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) is proven to help places become more resilient in the face of increasingly intense climate change impacts, while addressing other community priorities such as improved public health outcomes, increased economic development, and safe transportation infrastructure. CNT’s...Read more

Marcella Bondie Keenan, Preeti Shankar, and Peter Haas

Flooding is the most common and costliest type of natural disaster in the United States (Lightbody, 2017). According to a 2017 report by the Pew Charitable Trusts, federal insurance claims averaged $1.9 billion annually between 2006 and 2015. Metropolitan Chicago...Read more

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Learn about helpful methods and tools for handeling, and preventing water from entering your home:

Finding Water in the Home Learn about signs of water entry in your home Preventing Floods in your Home Learn...Read more

The primarily African-American residents of Robbins, Illinois pay a higher rate for water than 80% of all municipalities in the region – and that rate will increase. Why? As population declines, each household must pay a higher share of the...Read more

In a 2014 report, Center for Neighborhood Technology’s (CNT) analysis revealed the repeated occurrence of flooding in areas outside federally designated floodplains within Cook County. This flooding, called urban flooding, is caused by climate change, aging infrastructure, and diminishing permeable...Read more

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topics: Climate, Sustainable Economic Development, Urban Flooding, Water

Our country’s water infrastructure needs investment. However, funding and financing sources are growing increasingly competitive and communities are finding it difficult to secure adequate resources to make needed investments in their systems. In this report, CNT identifies innovative funding and...

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topics: Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Sustainable Economic Development, Urban Flooding, Water

Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) is proven to help places become more resilient in the face of increasingly intense climate change impacts, while addressing other community priorities such as improved public health outcomes, increased economic development, and safe transportation...

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topics: Data Analysis, Environmental Justice, Urban Flooding, Water

Flooding is the most common and costliest type of natural disaster in the United States (Lightbody, 2017). According to a 2017 report by the Pew Charitable Trusts, federal insurance claims averaged $1.9 billion annually between 2006 and 2015. Metropolitan Chicago is not immune to these impacts. To...

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topics: Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Urban Flooding, Water

Learn about helpful methods and tools for handeling, and preventing water from entering your home: Finding Water in the Home  Learn about signs of water entry in your home Preventing Floods in your Home Learn how a backflow preventor works Installing Rain Barrels Learn how to properly set up a...

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topics: Climate, Data Analysis, Environmental Justice, Urban Flooding, Water

Assessing disparities of urban flood risk for households of color in Chicago.

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topics: Water

The primarily African-American residents of Robbins, Illinois pay a higher rate for water than 80% of all municipalities in the region – and that rate will increase. Why? As population declines, each household must pay a higher share of the total cost to purchase water and maintain aging...

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topics: Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Technical Assistance, Urban Flooding, Water

The Village of Wilmette is partnering with the Center for Neighborhood Technology on a grant program to help Wilmette residents better manage rain at home.

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topics: Environmental Justice, Urban Flooding, Water

In a 2014 report, Center for Neighborhood Technology’s (CNT) analysis revealed the repeated occurrence of flooding in areas outside federally designated floodplains within Cook County. This flooding, called urban flooding, is caused by climate change, aging infrastructure, and diminishing permeable...

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topics: Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Urban Flooding, Water

The Center for Neighborhood Technology is partnering with Greenprint Partners and Cook County to implement green infrastructure projects in six RainReady communities in the Calumet Corridor: Blue Island, Calumet City, Calumet Park, Dolton, Riverdale, and Robbins.

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topics: Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Technical Assistance, Urban Flooding, Water

RainReady is working with the communities of Avalon Park to better understand the impact of heavy rain on the communities in order to reduce or eliminate flooding.

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