Pacific Palisades Real Estate Blog - Friday 07-17-2009 - Santa Monica's first 'Green' street

The City of Santa Monica is celebrating the opening of its first "green" street, a street that has numerous features to harvest stormwater runoff and its pollution, and infiltrate it into the ground, keeping runoff pollution out of the Santa Monica Bay. The project was funded by the State Water Resources Control Board and the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission, and the City's Measure V Clean Beaches and Ocean Fund.

The opening will consisted of a short presentation by City representatives including the Mayor and Council members and the state funding agencies, and was followed by a walk-through and explanation of the watershed features, including climate-appropriate plants, drip irrigation and solar-powered irrigation controller, and the finale, a rain simulation where we observed how runoff passes along the road and into the various harvesting features.

Being a Santa Monica native since the age of 8, I am extremely proud of the City to make such HUGE leaps and bounds to 'Green' the town! Good job Santa Monica and keep up the greening :)

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