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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02/19/19Municipalities get boost from major federal water legislation
The new Water Infrastructure Improvement Act addendum codifies integrated planning and green infrastructure, optimizing municipalities’ abilities to develop flexible, affordable, and adaptable programs addressing critical water quality impacts.READ ARTICLE#Drinking Water, #Green Infrastructure/Stormwater Management, #Paying for Water InfrastructureOpen Stephanie Chiorean, Water Center at Penn in a new tabSOURCE
Stephanie Chiorean, Water Center at Penn
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02/08/19Green infrastructure is coming of age, and it’s time to demystify it.
Installing and maintaining green infrastructure is not without its challenges. Workshop attendees learned how key challenges have been addressed - and barriers have been overcome - in real projects throughout the NJTPA and broader region.READ ARTICLE#Green Infrastructure/Stormwater ManagementOpen Staff, CivicStory in a new tabSOURCE
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01/18/19Camden Stormwater Management and Resource Training Initiative
Camden SMART was honored with a 2018 One Water Award for its record of community collaboration, engagement, and education, as well as 49 green infrastructure installations that help manage more than 60 million gallons of stormwater annually.READ ARTICLE#Green Infrastructure/Stormwater ManagementSOURCE
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01/07/19A township’s holistic approach to water management
The Town of Hammonton and its partners were honored with a 2018 One Water Award for their holistic approach to water management and conservation, including a popular residential rebate program for water-saving devices.READ ARTICLE#Green Infrastructure/Stormwater ManagementSOURCE
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11/06/18From Stormwater to Clean Water: New Flood-Control, Pollution Resource for Towns
New Jersey Future’s Green Infrastructure Municipal Toolkit Makes a SplashREAD ARTICLE
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02/08/18Evaluating Green Infrastructure: A Combined Sewer Overflow Control Alternative for Long Term Control Plans
The intent of this document, Evaluating Green Infrastructure: A Combined Sewer Overflow Control Alternative for Long Term Control Plans, is to provide guidance to Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) permittees within the State of New Jersey to evaluate green infrastructure (GI) as part of their Long Term Control Plans (LTCPs). LTCP implementation will be a long and expensive process. Many of the alternatives that will ultimately be implemented to ...LEARN MORE#Green Infrastructure/Stormwater Management,#Smart CSO Control Plans -
01/30/18Holistically Analyzing the Benefits of Green Infrastructure
This document is intended for smaller local governments with stormwater programs that are responsible for regulatory compliance with municipal separate storm sewer system obligations. It outlines an approach to holistically evaluate the benefits of implementing green infrastructure. The guidance places emphasis on first understanding the goal and scope for assessing benefits. It uses the goal and scope to step the user through: (1) ...LEARN MORE#Green Infrastructure/Stormwater Management -
01/10/18Mainstreaming Green Streets in New Jersey: Policy Recommendations for State Government
The Jersey Water Works Green Infrastructure Committee developed state-level policy recommendations to make green streets a mainstream practice in New Jersey based on research and discussion with key stakeholders including state agencies.LEARN MORE#Green Infrastructure/Stormwater ManagementPRODUCT OF
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01/02/18Factors Contributing to the Hydrologic Effectiveness of a Rain Garden Network (Cincinnati OH USA)
U.S. EPA researcher Bill Shuster and his co-authors recently published a paper titled, Factors Contributing to the Hydrologic Effectiveness of a Rain Garden Network (Cincinnati OH USA). The paper is one of two included in a special issue of that focuses on green infrastructure. Infiltrative rain gardens can add retention capacity to sewersheds, yet factors contributing to their capacity for detention and redistribution of stormwater runoff are ...LEARN MORE#Green Infrastructure/Stormwater Management -
12/19/17Great Urban Parks Campaign Resources
The National Recreation and Park Association in cooperation with the American Planning Association and the Low Impact Development Center as part of the Great Urban Parks Campaign has produced a number of new resources on green infrastructure stormwater management in parks and on public lands. Downloadable resources include: A Resource Guide to Planning, Designing and Implementing Green Infrastructure in Parks Briefing papers Four case studies ...LEARN MORE#Green Infrastructure/Stormwater Management
