ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – With the metro in the middle of an extreme drought, the City of Albuquerque is taking steps to keep what water we do have clean by expanding a plan to create everyday infrastructure that filters pollutants out of rainwater.
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On Monday, Albuquerque City Council approved an ordinance dedicating funds to expanding the city’s green stormwater infrastructure, with the goal of building up systems that collect and filter rainwater to avoid contaminating the Rio Grande.
“The idea of this is to improve the water of the Rio Grande. Stormwater flows untreated directly to the river, which is our drinking water supply,” said Sarah Hurteau, the director of Climate Resilient Cities, with SIG-NAL, a nonprofit that will help run the program…