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title: UMD Team Wins EPA’s Green Infrastructure Design Competition

date: 2022-05-02T05:30:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
canonical_url: "https://today.umd.edu/umd-team-takes-first-in-epas-campus-green-infrastructure-design-competition"
section: Articles
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# UMD Team Wins EPA’s Green Infrastructure Design Competition


*May 2, 2022* — by [Kimbra Cutlip](/author/kimbra-cutlip), [Graham Binder](/author/graham-binder)


> Plan Would Reduce Runoff, Expand Green Space, Emphasize Campus Creek

*Election Day 11032020 EH 7884 1920x1080 — A student team won first place in an EPA-sponsored competition to envision new concepts for handling stormwater on campuses nationwide. The Maryland team's plan would bump up green space on part of north campus.*

A student-designed plan to redirect flows of rainwater and people while greening up a section of the University of Maryland won first place and $10,000 last week in the Environmental Protection Agency’s [Campus RainWorks Challenge](https://www.epa.gov/green-infrastructure/campus-rainworks-challenge-0).

A second student team took home an honorable mention in the annual competition that invites college students to design of on-campus green infrastructure solutions to address stormwater pollution. Since its founding in 2012, nearly 800 teams have participated in the competition, with UMD teams winning three first place awards, two second places and two honorable mentions.


*UMD Environmental Protection Agency’s Campus RainWorks Challenge team*




**Topics:** [Campus & Community](https://today.umd.edu/tags/campus-community)


**Tags:** [Academic Competitions](https://today.umd.edu/topic/academic-competitions), [Environmental Science and Technology](https://today.umd.edu/topic/environmental-science-and-technology), [Plant Science and Landscape Architecture](https://today.umd.edu/topic/plant-science-and-landscape-architecture)


**Units:** [College of Agriculture and Natural Resources](https://today.umd.edu/topic/college-agriculture-and-natural-resources)