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The grant came directly from the foundation and not fromstimulud monies. D.C.’s low-impact developmentt proposal was one of 24 picked this year to get fundintg to weed out pollution in the Chesapeake Bay andits “This grant gives us the opportunitgy to deal with stormwater differentl and on a largerf scale than ever before,” said Georg e Hawkins, department director. “If we help natur e absorb and filter there may be less of it to and less of it to carry pollutants into our rivers and The department’s pilot project spans 14 acres surrounding Rock Creek.
Throughu the funding, the department will instalpl green roofs, vegetation and porous pavement to absorb stormwater at the The purpose is to find out if that type of work can reducer runoff and the resulting pollutionto D.C. The $12.9 million in grants covere six statesand D.C.