Require and incentivize pervious materials in new construction/maintenance to ensure aquifers are restored during rain events, as opposed to generating runoff due to hard stormwater infrastructure.

Cover credits: Children in woods, Steve Hillebrand. Horse-eye jacks, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Painted Hills, Jane Pellicciotto. Pelican, George Andrejko/ Arizona Game and Fish Department

Clockwise from top: Town of Cary Town of Chapel Hill David Hunt, Orange County City of Durham Higgins Spooner, “Downtown Raleigh NC at night” (2018)