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Feb 22, 2018

Can Green Infrastructure Provide Both Water Quality and Flood Reduction Benefits?

Publication: Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment
Volume 4, Issue 2

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The authors would like to thank Bill Lucas for reviewing and providing comment on an earlier version of this manuscript.

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Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment
Volume 4Issue 2May 2018

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Received: Oct 6, 2017
Accepted: Oct 31, 2017
Published online: Feb 22, 2018
Published in print: May 1, 2018
Discussion open until: Jul 22, 2018

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Michael E. Dietz [email protected]
Associate Extension Educator, Center for Land Use Education and Research, Univ. of Connecticut, 1066 Saybrook Rd., P.O. Box 70, Haddam, CT 06438 (corresponding author). Email: [email protected]
Chester L. Arnold [email protected]
Extension Educator and Director, Center for Land Use Education and Research, Univ. of Connecticut, 1066 Saybrook Rd., P.O. Box 70, Haddam, CT 06438. Email: [email protected]

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