On Thursday, July 26th at 10AM, we will celebrate the release of the Radix Center’s solar-powered floating island – a floating constructed wetland designed to clean up combined sewer overflows in the Hudson River using living plants and beneficial bacteria.  Through a combination of renewable energies and ecological design practices, the floating island demonstrates how it is possible to address pollution in our city with techniques that are sustainable, affordable, equitable, and educational. The construction of the floating island has been made possible through an Environmental Benefit Project grant from the Albany Water Board, and is a collaborative research effort between The Radix Center and students and professors from RPI, SUNY School of Public Health, Siena,and Skidmore Colleges.