Green Infrastructure/Stormwater Management
Most people are familiar with “gray” water infrastructure, which includes hard concrete and metal pipes, holding tanks, pumps, water tunnels, and treatment plants. These systems play a key role in managing drinking water, wastewater, and combined sewer systems.
“Green” infrastructure is a newer approach to stormwater management that mimics nature by capturing stormwater so it can either be reused or seep into the ground where it falls, rather than flowing into underground sewer and storm pipes. Methods for stormwater capture include rain gardens, pervious pavement, planted swales, and storage containers, such as cisterns and rain barrels. Green infrastructure features can help reduce stress on water systems and provide good local jobs, while making the communities where they’re installed healthier and more vibrant.
Both gray and green infrastructure are important components of water infrastructure systems across the state. Communities with combined sewer systems, in particular, will be evaluating gray and green infrastructure approaches to identify the best combination that meets regulatory requirements cost-effectively and in a manner that provides tangible community benefits.
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12/12/17Protecting against floods with a community-designed park
Hoboken’s Southwest Park helps control chronic flooding, its design and features received public input on three occasions, and its interpretive signage provides educational opportunities to visitors.READ ARTICLE
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11/22/17A Rain Garden Grows in Harrison
The two rain gardens planted at the foot of the public library can absorb a maximum of approximately 2,800 gallons of water per storm and as much as 38,000 gallons per year based on average rainfall.READ ARTICLE#Green Infrastructure/Stormwater ManagementSOURCE
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11/03/17Rain Garden Partnership in Newton Brings Learning Opportunity, Better Water Quality
New Jersey Future's Mainstreaming Green Infrastructure program addresses the flooding problem in Newton's Memory Park.READ ARTICLE#Green Infrastructure/Stormwater ManagementOpen Kandyce Perry, New Jersey Future in a new tabSOURCE
Kandyce Perry, New Jersey Future
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10/18/17Green Infrastructure In Our Backyards
Community participation is the key to successful stormwater management. In cities across the country, ioby’s nonprofit crowdfunding platform is emboldening and enabling residents to create their own green infrastructure projects in their neighborhoods.READ ARTICLE#Green Infrastructure/Stormwater ManagementSOURCE
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08/09/17Three Questions for Elizabeth Fassman-Beck
Elizabeth Fassman-Beck, a leading expert on green roofs, is overseeing the construction of a Living Laboratory for green infrastructure (GI) research.READ ARTICLE
#Green Infrastructure/Stormwater ManagementSOURCE
Emily Eckart, Manager of Communications and Development
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05/15/17New Jersey Developers’ Green Infrastructure Guide
The New Jersey Developers' Green Infrastructure Guide, put together by New Jersey Future and the New Jersey Builders Association addresses basic questions about green stormwater infrastructure: what it is, how it works, what are its costs and benefits, and why it makes good business sense. Green infrastructure is not the perfect solution for every setting or every project, but it is versatile, it is powerful and it’s the future of stormwater ...LEARN MORE#Green Infrastructure/Stormwater Management -
02/09/17Presentations from Workshop: “Fostering Municipal and Utility Partnerships for Water Quality Management”
At the "Fostering Municipal and Utility Partnerships for Water Quality Management" Workshop on Feb. 7, 2017, audience members learned about new best practices that will help municipal governments, working in partnership with their utilities, conduct/implement water loss audits, utility asset management and green infrastructure planning and implementation. The workshop was presented in partnership with the Association of Environmental ...LEARN MORE#Affordability,#Community Engagement and Partnerships,#Data,#Drinking Water,#Green Infrastructure/Stormwater Management,#Lead,#Paying for Water Infrastructure,#Smart CSO Control Plans,#Wastewater,#Workforce -
12/20/16The Green Infrastructure Exchange Has Launched!
The Green Infrastructure Leadership Exchange is a new practitioner network that supports, via accelerating peer learning, innovation and implementation, managers of public green infrastructure programs seeking to adopt and grow green stormwater infrastructure programs.LEARN MORE#Green Infrastructure/Stormwater Management -
12/20/16One Water Roadmap: The Sustainable Management of Life’s Most Essential Resource
This report from the U.S. Water Alliance makes a case for the One Water approach and highlights successful strategies and real-world examples in practice.LEARN MORE#Affordability,#Community Engagement and Partnerships,#Data,#Drinking Water,#Green Infrastructure/Stormwater Management,#Lead,#Paying for Water Infrastructure,#Smart CSO Control Plans,#Wastewater,#Workforce -
12/20/16Stormwater Management Toolkit from America’s Rivers
American Rivers has tools available to help public utility managers communicate about and assist them in fostering public support for collecting fees to upgrade and/or maintain water infrastructure. The toolkit contains: A stormwater utility overview and technical resources A strategy for building public support for a stormwater utility Sample outreach materials (Spanish versions available) Draft press release Social media posts Website language ...LEARN MORE#Green Infrastructure/Stormwater Management