An ambitious pilot project using green solutions in Kansas City, Mo., is believed to be the largest of its kind for combined sewer overflow control undertaken in the United States and overseen by a Federal consent decree.The Middle Blue River Basin Green Solutions Pilot Project encompasses more than 300 green solutions within 100 urban acres. It represents one component of the city’s commitment to use green solutions to control runoff as part of the Overflow Control Plan submitted to the U.S. EPA and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources in January 2009.Major water-quality studies by the United States Geological Survey
