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1		SENATE RESOLUTION
2		WHEREAS, "Green infrastructure" means any storm water
3		management technique or practice employed with the primary
4		goal of preserving, restoring, or mimicking natural hydrology;
5		and
6		WHEREAS, Green infrastructure includes, but is not limited
7		to, methods of using soil and vegetation to promote soil
8		percolation, evapotranspiration, and filtration; and
9		WHEREAS, Green infrastructure includes the preservation
10		and restoration of natural landscape features, such as
11		forests, floodplains, headwaters, and wetlands; and
12		WHEREAS, Green infrastructure also includes rain gardens,
13		permeable pavements, green roofs, infiltration planters, trees
14		and tree boxes, and rainwater harvesting for non-potable uses,
15		such as toilet flushing and landscape irrigation; and
16		WHEREAS, Urban storm water, when not properly controlled
17		and treated, can cause pollution of the waters of the State,
18		threaten public health, and damage property by carrying
19		pollutants from our highways, streets, roads, parking lots,
20		driveways, sidewalks, alleys, lawns, and other surfaces of low
21		permeability into lakes, rivers, streams, and ponds; and

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1		WHEREAS, Development can increase storm water runoff by
2		increasing the size and number of paved and other impervious
3		surfaces within a watershed and decreasing the extent of
4		vegetated and other permeable surface areas that control storm
5		water runoff through natural infiltration and
6		evapotranspiration and groundwater recharge; and
7		WHEREAS, Current urban storm water related threats to the
8		State's water resources include pollution, increased water
9		temperatures, flooding, groundwater depletion, loss of
10		habitat, stream bank erosion, sewer overflows, basement
11		backups, contaminated drinking water sources, and
12		sedimentation of waterways; and
13		WHEREAS, Some studies show that preserving and expanding
14		natural and built green infrastructure can minimize negative
15		impacts and enhance the resilience of water infrastructure and
16		water bodies; and
17		WHEREAS, There are a number of potential benefits from the
18		use of green infrastructure, including cleaner water, enhanced
19		water supplies, reduced flooding, cleaner air, increased
20		energy efficiency, the mitigation and adaptation of the
21		impacts of climate change, increased biodiversity, improved
22		benefits for communities, better health potential for

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1		inhabitants, more green jobs, and cost savings; therefore, be
2		it
3		RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
4		ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare April 21
5		through April 27, 2024 as Green Infrastructure Week in the
6		State of Illinois; and be it further