GSI, sometimes called blue-green infrastructure, BGI, is a major pillar of the center’s research and outreach work in Dallas.įouad H. cities have been slow to adopt, a new research review published in WIREs Water proposes strategies for municipalities and decision-makers to overcome barriers and use green stormwater infrastructure for long-term benefits.īardia Heidari, Ph.D., TWRI research scientist, and Dean Minchillo, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist with TWRI, both based at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Dallas, analyzed 92 existing peer-reviewed studies to identify the barriers stopping cities from using GSI.

Green stormwater infrastructure, GSI, can be a major part of the solution, said researchers at the Texas Water Resources Institute, TWRI, in College Station.Īlthough many U.S.

How should local governments deal with these compounding challenges? Local governments are searching for solutions to meet these new challenges, according to experts. Rapid urbanization’s increased impervious surfaces have sped-up how fast extreme rainfall runs off into rising waterways, prompting flooding. A stormwater conveyance structure in South Lakes Park in Denton (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Fouad Jaber)

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