EPA’s Campus RainWorks Challenge is a competition for college and university students intended to engage the next generation of urban planners, designers, and engineers in the development of integrated, green solutions to our nation’s growing water infrastructure needs. Storm water is a major cause of water pollution in urban areas in the U.S., affecting tens of thousands of miles of rivers, streams, and coastal shorelines as well as hundreds of thousands of acres of lakes, reservoirs, and ponds. At the same time, growing urban areas and shifting climate patterns are increasing the risk of both floods and droughts.
EPA encourages the use of green infrastructure to help manage storm water and address related water resource challenges. Green infrastructure uses vegetation, soils, and natural processes to manage storm water at its source and provide other community benefits. The Campus RainWorks Challenge invites student teams, working with a faculty advisor, to design an innovative green infrastructure project for their campus.
