managing wet weather with green infrastructure, november 2008 bulletin
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Managing Wet Weather withGreen Infrastructure
a periodic update on activitiesVolume 2008, Issue 5 November 2008
A number of communities across the country, at variousstages of combined sewer overflow (CSO) abatement plan-ning and implementation, are making significant commit-ments to green infrastructure solutions. New York City re-cently public noticed their
PlaNYC for sustainable storm-water management. LouisvilleKY and Kansas City MO areboth preparing to soon submitlong-term control plans toregulatory agencies; both areplanning to make commit-ments to significant green ele-ments in their plans. Indianapolis estimates a reduction of20-30% of flows to the combined sewer system using greenmeasures, including creating wetlands and planting 5,000trees. Other cities, counties and utilities are also working
on plans to enhance their wet weather management planswith more green infrastructure approaches because of costsavings and the other benefits that more green space bringsto their communities.
Right-of-way bioinfiltrationbump out, Kansas City MO
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservationis partnering with the Tennessee Department of Transporta-tion, Tennessee Valley Authority and the Tennessee Storm-water Association to offer a grant program designed to helplocal governments fund green infrastructure projects. Grantsranging from $10,000 to $30,000 will be awarded to localgovernments through a competitive process for projects in-
cluding rain gardens, green roofs, pervious concrete applica-tions, trees and tree boxes, as well as outreach and educa-tion efforts designed to promote green development in Ten-nessee communities. The grants require a 20 percent localmatch. Applications were due October 31, and grant an-nouncements are expected in December 2008.
Contacts
EPA HeadquartersJenny Molloy, OW/OWM [email protected] Robert Goo, OW/OWOW
EPA RegionsKatie Connors, R1
[email protected] Stephen Venezia, R2
[email protected] Dominique Lueckenhoff, R3
[email protected] Jim Giattina, R4
[email protected] Bob Newport, R5
[email protected] Brent Larsen, R6
[email protected] Mandy Whitsitt, R7
[email protected] Gregory Davis, R8
[email protected] John Tinger, R9
[email protected] Krista Mendelman, R10
[email protected] Steering Committee Partners
Nancy Stoner, NRDCNathan Gardner-Andrews & Keith Jones, NACWA
Chris Kloss & Neil Weinstein, LID Center
Katherine Baer, American RiversLinda Eichmiller, ASIWPCA
For more information on managing wet weather with green infrastructure, and to see back issuesof this bulletin, see: www.epa.gov/greeninfrastructure. To be added to an e-mail distribution listfor future issues of this bulletin, or if you have items of interest to be considered for inclusion infuture issues send an e-mail request to [email protected].
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Volume 2008, Issue 5 November 2008
A series of short documents addressing pivotalissues related to municipalimplementation of green in-frastructure for managingwet weather will be releasedover the next couple ofyears. Collectively, the Mu-nicipal Handbook will covertopics such as design, policy,incentives, and operationand maintenance. The firstdocument, Funding Options, has been released.Planned for release before the end of the yearare Urban Retrofit Policies and Green Streetsand Right of Way Design. Link►
Emeryville CA
On October 15, 2008 the National Research Coun-cil released Urban Stormwater Management in the United States. The report was commissionedby U.S. EPA to evaluate several facets of the fed-eral stormwater permitting program, and tomake recommendations on several specific issuesas well as on the overall program. The reportcontains a number of significant findings and rec-ommendations, including support for managingwet weather, concluding that control measures“that harvest, infiltrate and evapotranspiratestormwater are critical to reducing the volumeand pollutant loadings of small storms”. EPAplans to evaluate the study recommendations,and produce an implementation strategy.
New Publications
Green Cities, Great Lakes: Using Green Infra-structure to Reduce Combined Sewer Overflows.Ecojustice. 2008. Link► Green roofs are not created equal: the hydrologicand thermal performance of six different exten-sive green roofs and reflective and non-reflectiveroofs in a sub-tropical climate. Simmons et al,Urban Ecosystems, 2008. Link►
Partner Features
American Rivers has just released Using GreenInfrastructure in Karst Regions, a 5-page guide
on how to maxi-mize use of non-infiltrative greeni n f r a s t ruc tu repractices, andalso modify de-signs of bioreten-tion measures.The guide notes that green infrastructure is stilla widely applicable and desirable approach inareas with karst geology.
American Rivers, in collaboration with MidwestEnvironmental Advocates, has also releasedLocal Water Policy Innovation: A Road Map forCommunity Based Stormwater Solutions. Thereport explains how to improve stormwaterpolicies in local communities and capture theattention of policy makers.
Upcoming Forums & Events
Managing Wet Weather with Green Infrastruc-ture. Kentucky Division of Water & U.S. EPA.November 6-7, 2008. Louisville KY. Link► New Partners for Smart Growth. Local Govern-ment Commission. January 22-24, 2009. Albu-querque NM. Link► Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communi-ties. Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. June 2-5,2009. Atlanta GA. Link► Green Works to Reduce Flood Losses, Associa-tion of State Floodplain Managers. June 7-12,2009. Orlando FL. Link►
Demonstrationof porous con-crete and per-vious asphaltat VillanovaUniversity