Seattle Parks Promo video

http://keep.seattleparksforall.org/video/video/show?id=2225951:Video:4611

Green Infrastructure Rising

http://myapa.planning.org/planning/nonmember/default1.htm?project=Print

Aug/Sept 2008 APA article details the development of green infrastructure initiatives and motivations from around the US

CBT may sue EPA

http://www.cbf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=state_sub_federal_c2k_main

Austin TX non-structural controls for SWM

Non-Structural Controls

Non-Structural Controls are Best Management Practices (BMPs) that do not involve a structured, or engineered solution. They include such measures as education, site planning, and stormwater management regulations. Because it is usually easier and more effective to prevent pollution before it occurs, non structural BMPs are very cost-effective. These measures limit or eliminate pollutants before they end up in the stormwater.

http://www.cityofaustin.org/watershed/stormwater_treatment.htm

Click on water quality, then stormwater treatment, then non-structural to find the list of programs.

There are nine different programs targeted at Austin residents for stormwater management - non structural solutions with a variety of ancillary benefits.

Rain Gardens in the MD Coastal Plain

Rain Garden Book from Worcester County MD - includes some of the LIDC templates for the coastal plain.

Texas Rain Gardens

Texas Rain Garden: http://www.penick.net/digging/?p=222

Austin Grow Green: waterwise and green practices for Water quality plus rain gardens; local award winners: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/greengarden/award_grngrdn.htm

Plants:
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/growgreen/raingardenplants.htm

Bioretention spec for Austin: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/watershed/biofiltration_media.htm

Rain Garden study - Wisconsin

http://www.portofentry.com/site/root/market/company_news/4666.html

This article references a longitudinal study on plant selection effectiveness in rain gardens for stormwater treatment.

Holistic Stormwater Management in Military Installations: LID Retrofits, Stream Restoration, and Pollution Prevention at MCAS New River,North Carolina

http://cedb.asce.org/cgi/WWWdisplay.cgi?0521987

Holistic Stormwater Management in Military Installations: LID Retrofits, Stream Restoration, and Pollution Prevention at MCAS New River, North Carolina

by Daniel E. Medina, P.E., Kirk R. Kropinack, Michael Clar, P.E., J. Timoth Hare, P.E., and Thomas E. Higgins, P.E.

pg. NA, (doi 10.1061/40792(173)187)

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Document type:	Conference Proceeding Paper
Part of:	Impacts of Global Climate Change
Abstract:	This paper describes the innovative stormwater management approach that the Marine Corps Air Station New River is implementing towards stormwater management. The installation is using a combination of Low Impact Development retrofits, stream restoration, and pollution prevention, to address stormwater peak flow mitigation, water quality improvement, and reduction of inflows into the wastewater system. The improvements include bioretention facilities to retrofit parking lot, stormwater planters to treat roof runoff, naturalization of concrete channels, stormwater diversions, changes in operating procedures, and signage and education to minimize contaminants entering the waterways. The improvements installed are being used as educational opportunities for base personnel as well as for the surrounding community.

http://cedb.asce.org/cgi/WWWdisplay.cgi?0521987

Ecourban22

Ecourban 22 -Barcelona Spain Project http://www.mcdonoughpartners.com/projects/habitat/default.asp?projID=habitat

This is a William McDonaugh + Partners project; a Charlottesville VA Architecture firm - they are also the firm that designed the Ford Rouge Dearborn Truck Plant with the world's largest green roof.

- for the project in Spain, the local Spanish firm is Vivers Ter http://www.v-ter.com/index.htm based in Girona Spain Website blurb:

A linchpin of an urban renewal initiative in the Poblenou District -- known as 22@, which plays on both its historic “22a” industrial zoning code and its high-tech future – this ambitious project combines sustainable architecture with high design in this thriving capital. The development serves as a harbinger of the district’s future as the city strives to integrate technological and ecological intelligence.

Situated on two-thirds of a 14,000 m2 block, the development both supports and embodies the “green” cycle of biological nutrition and the “blue” cycle of technical nutrution Bill McDonough and Michael Braungart discuss in Cradle to Cradle. “Green” will house offices for Habitat, the project’s developer, while “Blue” will be occupied by La Unión Metalúrgica, a trade union whose historic home is on the block. The design maintains the original Metalúrgica corner pavilion, built in the late 19th century, as a historic structure with a trellis wall serving as a backdrop. Layers of façades reflect the dynamism of the evolving Poblenou district.

Water Harvesting clearinghouse site

http://www.harvesth2o.com/


Portland study on impact of rainwater catchment on CSO/ CSS

http://www.harvesth2o.com/big_pipe.shtml

LA River Revitalized Master Plan

http://www.lariverrmp.org/


Finished in 2007, this plan seeks to mitigate the impact of the LA River trapezoidal channel to meet water and social goals.

High Performance Infrastructure

Guidelines for infrastructure in the ROW; includes LID SWM and a range of Best Practices for the ROW. It dates to 2005, and is published by the Design Trust for Public Space. Topics covered: Site assessment, Streetscape, Pavement, Utility, SWM, Landscape and Construction. http://www.designtrust.org/publications/publication_03hpig.html

LID in the News

McNeil Lehrer report
Audio only: http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2008/10/08/20081008_rain.mp3

with video:
http://pbs-newshour.onstreammedia.com/cgi-bin/visearch?user=pbs-newshour&tem

plate=template.html&query=stormwater&keywords=stormwater&category=blank&subm

it.x=64&submit.y=16

Article write up on LID development in Seattle: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw04082007/2003654810_pacificpnwl08.html

http://seattle.consciouschoice.com/2006/04/f4_0406.html

Tree Value Calculator from Casey Trees

http://www.itreetools.org/treecalculator/

This provides a way to enter a species and size and calculated the environmental and economic benefit of a tree.