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Spring 2025 Newsletter Walhalla Ravine Restoration

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Rain Garden Maintenance Update

Blueprint Columbus sincerely apologizes for the delay in rain garden maintenance. Unfortunately, our team encountered a contract issue delaying the performing of this work on behalf of the Department of Public Utilities. This issue led to an unexpected delay in service. Fortunately, the Department is in the final stages of contract work to get maintenance back on track.

To all our neighbors with rain gardens on or near their property, we remain committed to maintaining your rain gardens! We are confident our updated maintenance plan will better address the direct needs of our residents, within a shorter response time. Should you have questions or concerns, feel free to email us directly at blueprint@columbus.gov or call 614-645-1253. As in the past, we ask you not to perform maintenance on the rain gardens yourself, as they are directly connected to the city storm sewer system. Thank you for your continued patience!

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Clean Streams. Stronger Neighborhoods.

Blueprint Columbus is an innovative way of eliminating sanitary sewer overflows while also investing in our neighborhoods and our local economy. Blueprint solves the problem of sanitary sewer overflows at the source by fixing damaged and deteriorating pipes, and redirecting stormwater to the street where pollutants can be filtered out by green infrastructure before flowing to our rivers and streams.

99%

reduction in sanitary sewer overflows resulting from heavy rain events

3.7

million gallons less sewage in our rivers and streams annually

20%

reduction of total suspended solids from neighborhood stormwater discharges

Blueprint Columbus is about more than just improving sewer infrastructure. With a focus on green infrastructure, Blueprint develops solutions to enhance our neighborhoods. The creation of green spaces and sustainable infrastructure has multiple demonstrated benefits for a community’s health, environment, and economy. Blueprint Columbus is a community-driven improvement project, designed to meet the unique needs of each neighborhood.


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Blueprint’s Outlook

Blueprint Columbus will be implemented in 21 neighborhoods throughout Columbus over the next 30 years.

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The Four Pillars of the Blueprint Columbus Project

The Four Pillars of Blueprint work together to solve sewer overflows and improve our environment.

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Neighborhood Updates

Follow the plans and construction in your neck of the woods by checking out our Neighborhood Updates page! We have individual pages for all the areas that have improvement projects under way, and we’ll be adding new pages as projects enter the planning process. You can also use our interactive map to figure out where your neighborhood stands at the moment.

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About Blueprint Columbus

The City of Columbus devised Blueprint Columbus as a means of improving stormwater discharges, eliminating sanitary sewer overflows and reducing basement backups. It’s all designed with the goal of being more sustainable, more innovative and better for the community. You can read all about the reasons we chose this approach, or page through our frequently asked questions for details on specific aspects of the project.

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Want to know more about how Blueprint Columbus will help your neighborhood? Get in touch with us today, and we’ll be happy to answer your questions!

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