"Turning #Climate Information into Action for #Stormwater #Management in the Mid-Atlantic Region" Perspective analysis by RAND Corporation. This Perspective presents key information needs for these agencies that could help lower barriers to understanding climate change and operationalizing climate information in local #policies, #regulations, and #infrastructure #climatechange design. https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PEA2794-1.html
#climate #stormwater #management #policies #regulations #infrastructure #climatechange
"The bottom line is, as we've been saying for years, our stormwater infrastructure needs are in a dire situation."
Sea level rise estimate climbs to $310 million; Key Biscayne weighs options :
The unanswered question: how much flooding will the Village Council tolerate?
#AECOM #AllisonMcCormick #BrettMoss #coastalprotection #easement #flooding #powerline #RolandSamimy #sealevelrise #servicelevel #SteveWilliamson #stormwater #stormwater #targer #TomMcGowan #undergrounding
#Miami #news
#aecom #allisonmccormick #brettmoss #coastalprotection #easement #flooding #powerline #rolandsamimy #sealevelrise #servicelevel #stevewilliamson #stormwater #targer #tommcgowan #undergrounding #miami #News
Worldwide there is a growing commitments to swimmable rivers and clean natural waterways.
https://theconversation.com/olympic-swimming-in-the-seine-highlights-efforts-to-clean-up-city-rivers-worldwide-210714
The case of Bellingen's scenic swimming hole
Bellingen just smashed in a "$5.2M “gate way to the Promised Land” so that mass tourism can speed along the new 'highway' (Gleniffer Road) to the Never Never Creek. It is the town's main 'tourist destination' (but has no public toilet).
In January the Promised Land swimming hole near Bellingen recorded faecal contamination of water. "Council advised swimmers to stay out of the Never Never River.” Humans and dogs were blamed for the faecal matter. "It has been very popular over the holiday period and there are certainly indications that people have been using the riparian area there along the banks for toileting purposes”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-18/promised-land-swimming-hole-bellingen-faecal-contamination/101844606
“Tell the city you want your river back”
https://popupcity.net/insights/the-renaissance-of-urban-swimming/
#swimming #SwimmingHole #Bellingen #rivers #OverTourism #SocialMedia #roads #traffic #climate #holidays #stormwater #wastewater #runoff #dogs #pets #EnterococcusBacteria #FecalContamination #ArthurKeoghReserve #NeverNeverRiver #ThePromisedLand #TheDrive #TuckersNobStateForest #wildlife #biodiversity
#swimming #swimminghole #bellingen #rivers #overtourism #socialmedia #roads #traffic #climate #holidays #stormwater #wastewater #runoff #dogs #pets #enterococcusbacteria #fecalcontamination #arthurkeoghreserve #neverneverriver #thepromisedland #thedrive #tuckersnobstateforest #wildlife #biodiversity
it's #SpitballSunday
(yes i just made this hashtag up because I wanted an excuse to post the following)
#MassTransit and #PublicTransit
because #CarbonReduction in #Transportation
also because less #LandUse footprint with higher density
also because less time wasted finding a freaking parking space
also because better #HabitatConnectivity with a mixed matrix of green spaces amongst urbanization, serving as #WildlifeCorridors
this in turn improves #watershed recharge and reduces #stormwater management and #flooding problems because there's less #impermeable surfaces
mixed matrix of businesses, residences, and green spaces improves local economic #resilience by helping local businesses, and also improves #SenseOfPlace
sure, some people will want to live far out in the exurbs on big lawns but not everyone should be condemned to this #CarCentric infrastructure
#spitballsunday #Masstransit #publictransit #carbonreduction #transportation #landuse #habitatconnectivity #wildlifecorridors #Watershed #stormwater #flooding #impermeable #resilience #SenseOfPlace #carcentric
Bioswales doing their job after a big rain yesterday in Maryland #greeninfrastructure #stormwater
#stormwater #greeninfrastructure
Will Key Biscayne restart its sea level rise plan? Big vote Tuesday :
Is this a do-or-die moment for the infrastructure project?
#100Million #AECOM #ArmyCorpsofEngineers #Beach #biscaynebay #Black&Veatch #drainage #EdLondon #FernandoVazquez #Miami #resiliencybond #RolandSamimy #sealevelrise #seawall #shoreline #SteveWilliamson #stormwater #undergrounding
#Miami #news
#100million #aecom #armycorpsofengineers #beach #biscaynebay #black #drainage #edlondon #fernandovazquez #miami #resiliencybond #rolandsamimy #sealevelrise #seawall #shoreline #stevewilliamson #stormwater #undergrounding #News
#Stormwater ponds don’t make great #wetlands, but in #urban areas, they can be the only #aquatic #habitat around. In our latest paper, led by Waverley Birch, we investigate the effect of stromwater ponds on connectivity within the #wetlandscape using #graphtheory. We find that wetlands were more connected before #urbanization, but ponds may provide stepping stones connecting remnant wetlands in urban areas.
Read it here:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07011784.2023.2224522
#graphtheory #wetlandscape #urbanization #stormwater #wetlands #urban #aquatic #habitat
The places in the U.S. most at risk for extreme rainfall https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/06/26/rain-flooding-us-risk-climate-change/
“Roughly 20 percent of the country can now expect a 1-in-100-year storm to happen every 25 years”
#stormwater
Doesn’t everyone bike around campus looking for the best angles of the stormwater infrastructure at golden hour?
#infrastructure #stormwater #resilience
#infrastructure #stormwater #resilience
#DoNoHarm: Our coalition which includes the Sierra Club and the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band prevailed in court! Valleywater violated the California Environmental Quality Act (#CEQA) by trying to bypass a review of how a #geological study would impact the #environment. Time for the District to work on better #waterprojects like #stormwater & #wastewater recycling and #waterefficiency (#MWENDO) that we proposed.
#donoharm #CEQA #geological #environment #waterprojects #stormwater #wastewater #waterefficiency #mwendo
#PeninsulaStreamsSociety coordinates #restoration & #habitat #conservation projects throughout #VictoriaBC area.
They're hosting upcoming #RainGardens for #Headwaters #symposium #Zoom #webinar - please register, if interested.
#yyj #WaterProtectors #WaterConservation #WaterIsLife #WaterStewardship #WaterGuardians #lekwungen #Wsanec #Saanich #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #vanisle #Cascadia #BritishColumbia #Canada #stormwater #GreenInfrastructure #waterways #UrbanGreenSolutions
#peninsulastreamssociety #restoration #habitat #conservation #victoriabc #raingardens #headwaters #symposium #zoom #webinar #yyj #waterprotectors #waterconservation #waterislife #waterstewardship #waterguardians #lekwungen #wsanec #saanich #vancouverisland #pnw #pacificnorthwest #vanisle #cascadia #britishcolumbia #canada #stormwater #greeninfrastructure #waterways #urbangreensolutions
@addie these #storm events will be more frequent. #Stormwater designs and how we #garden and reduce #impervious cover and the runoff from our roofs, walks, drives, sidewalks and streets are key. (Btw, I love your neck of the woods.) Who is responsible? Everyone, everywhere in the entire #watershed. Cheaper to intercept and prevent runoff close to the source #upstream than in cities or at the sink, #Findhornbay. This is the beauty of the #obama #executiveorder for the #chesapeakebay.
#ChesapeakeBay #executiveorder #obama #findhornbay #upstream #watershed #Impervious #garden #stormwater #storm
@addie get ready. Last summer y’all had 4” rain in an hour like we have here in #virginia. Flooded old #infrastructure in towns like #forres. And a string of 90 degree days, which brings on the thunderstorms. Some beaches un swimmable because of #stormwater #runoff carrying sediment, #nitrogen, #phosphorus, more. Here in the Midatlantic, we have some ideas to help. #chesapeakeconservationlandscapingcouncil. Latitudes closer to the poles have bigger rises in temps. #climatechange
#climatechange #chesapeakeconservationlandscapingcouncil #phosphorus #nitrogen #runoff #stormwater #forres #infrastructure #virginia
27 billion gallons of polluted #water discharge into #NewYork Harbor per year.
By the way, many #sewer systems cannot handle the amounts of water in #events of heavy #rainfall and so called "combined sewer overflow"-systems will discharge the remaining water. This water is a mix of raw sewage and polluted #stormwater.
ABEREUS - A Better Resource Use
#FFF #Funfactfriday #funfact
#water #newyork #sewer #events #rainfall #stormwater #fff #FunFactFriday #funfact
Our goal in the Bay Area is for each one to reach one and teach one that littering & illegal dumping is harmful to our ecosystem, #stormwater, & animals on both land and sea. #CleanCA #CleanCACommunityDays #Caltrans #CleanCABayArea
#stormwater #cleanca #cleancacommunitydays #caltrans #cleancabayarea
Impermeable Surfaces and Flooding
“We spend billions of dollars to pave over paradise,
then we realise we have flooding problems. So we spend billions more to build concrete channels to get the water away from us. Then we realise we have a water supply problem, so we spend billions more to pump water in from elsewhere ... It’s insane and not sustainable.”
"Storms and floods do little for the sprawling, paved-over city, as almost every drop runs out to sea. Private property owners are now charged 2.5 cents per square foot of #Impermeable surface area on their land." Stormwater-capturing gardens could also help.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/feb/27/parched-eco-architecture-los-angeles-megadrought-water-capturing-parks
#floods #water #PolluterPays #Stormwater tax
#impermeable #floods #water #polluterpays #stormwater
What if every town could afford to filter stormwater? #environment #waterpollution #stormwater #runoff #climate #recycling #water https://annenconnor.substack.com/p/what-if-every-town-could-afford-to
#water #recycling #climate #runoff #stormwater #waterpollution #environment
Coastal #WaterPollution transfers to the air in sea spray aerosol and reaches people on land
#Wastewater
#Stormwater
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230302114202.htm
#waterpollution #wastewater #stormwater
A free #stormwater workshop. Registration is required. February 25th. See the link. For more information. #montco #springfieldtownship #eac
https://www.springfieldmontco.org/information/news-notifications/article/?id=9661
#stormwater #montco #springfieldtownship #eac