A recently extended deadline for Washington, D.C. and the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority (WASA) to comply with an existing consent decree to reduce combined sewer overflows is a positive and potentially precedent-setting sign that EPA will be increasingly flexible in revisiting existing consent orders going forward. By allowing municipalities to revisit existing consent decrees, water mangers may be able to better utilize EPA’s 2012 integrated planning framework for achieving water quality goals through the use of innovative “green infrastructure” projects to control storm water runoff. Used in lieu of traditional “grey infrastructure” projects (e.g., pipes and tanks), green infrastructure projects have the potential to save municipalities and water consumers millions of dollars while achieving the same or better water quality improvements.