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A winter view of the 2,400-square-foot green roof on the wastewater treatment plant’s UV disinfection building.
The green roofs on two buildings at the Richmond wastewater treatment plant are an important part of the city’s water quality improvement efforts.
But so are the rain barrels in many residents’ backyards and the professionally painted storm drains on numerous city streets,...