John J. Struzziery knew it wasn't going to be easy to design a solution for Cambridge, Mass., to meet mandated federal water-quality upgrades and stormwater-runoff control in a tight, state-owned urban space.
But the Kleinfelder senior program manager didn't expect a more than dozen-year epic that included extensive permitting and three court challenges. Now, however, the Alewife Stormwater Wetland Project provides a template for cities to control runoff with green, rather than "gray," infrastructure, he says, that also offers a larger public benefit.