Are public-private partnerships the answer for stormwater?

摘要

Waste Management Inc. (WM) and AbTech Industries Inc. launched a model for assessing, designing, building, operating, maintaining, and - potentially - financing stormwater infrastructure.AbTech will provide the Smart Sponge Plus and other commercially available control technologies under WM's stormwater management program. The EPA-registered (#86256-1) antimicrobial product absorbs and turns pollutants like oil and coliform bacteria into a stable solid that can be recycled. In addition to test locations such as Long Beach, Calif., military bases in California and Utah have specified the technology.