"With Storms Intensifying, Milwaukee Braces for Bigger Flows"

"Climate change has thrown historic rain patterns out of whack. Sanitation departments throughout the Midwest are bracing to keep up with more frequent and intense runoff."

"Back when Pabst Blue Ribbon was for working folks – not hipsters – the brewery was a Milwaukee icon, bustling along the western edge of the city's central business district.

Hitting hard times, Pabst left town a couple decades ago. But now the site infamous for cheap lager has permeable roads, abundant gardens and an underground tunnel to catch excess rainwater.

It has re-emerged a symbol of how Milwaukee is greening to keep pace with a changing climate."

Brian Bienkowski reports for The Daily Climate October 28, 2014, as part of its Climate at Your Doorstep series.

SEE ALSO:

"Sewer Overflows During Storm Hit 10 Billion Gallons" (Detroit Free Press)

"First 'Green' Sites Unveiled in $3 Billion Effort To Keep Sewage Out Of Lake Erie" (Cleveland Plain Dealer)