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Managing Wet Weather with

Green Infrastructure
a periodic update on activities
Volume 2008, Issue 4 September 2008

In April of 2007, EPA and four national groups signed the Green
Upcoming Events
Infrastructure Statement of Intent to promote green infrastruc­
ture as a reliable and viable method for managing wet weather.
October
Since then, 67 national, regional and local organizations have
American Society of Landscape
endorsed a Stakeholder Statement of Support for Green Infra­ Architects (ASLA) Annual Meeting
& Expo
structure as a commitment to implement this cost effective and

Philadelphia, PA
often environmentally preferable approach to wet weather
October 3-7, 2008
management. Engagement and assistance from these partners

is necessary to gain broad-spectrum acceptance for these prac­ November


tices and remove barriers and regulatory roadblocks. We invite
American Society of
local and state governments, environmental groups, develop­ Civil Engineers
International LID Conference
ment groups, and other entities to join us in our efforts to

Seattle, WA
mainstream the use of green infrastructure practices.
November 16-19, 2008

This issue of the Green Infrastructure periodical focuses on the


December
various roles partners can play: certification & training, out­ LID Conference & Vendor Fair for
reach, research & development. If you are interested in be­ Construction and Development
coming more involved, please call or email one of our contacts.
Industry
Concord, NH
Certification & Training December 3-4, 2008

technologiess are improvin


Green infrastructure tools and technologie improving,g, and
installation,
green infrastructure performance relies on correct installation,
ppropriate operations
as well as appropri operations and
and maintena
maintenance. Certific
Certification
training programs
and trai programs ensure that
that industry profession
professionals are util­
als are util-
current technologies and installation
izing current installation techniques
techniques for maxi­
maxi-
mum efficiency. The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association
Concrete Contractor
provides a Pervious Concrete Contractor Certif
Certification Prog
Program
ram
certifies at three
and certifies three lelevels: pervious
pervious concrete
concrete technician,
technician, in-
in­
training or certificat
staller, and craftsman. A traini certification progra
program ide-
m ide­
ally entails three components:
• Skill Development
• Evaluation:
Evaluation: examination
examination and perfor
performance evaluation
mance evaluation
• Recertification
EPA’s Green Infrastructure web pa page will soon feature additional
additional
training programs
certification and traini programs for green infrastructure
infrastructure tools
Installation of pervious concrete at

techniques. To learn
and techniques. learn about
about ot
other existing
existing progra
programs, or to to
Wetlands Studies and Solutions, VA

information about programs, please contact Nancy


submit info
Arazan.
Volume 2008, Issue 4 September 2008

Outreach Contacts

In early September, EPA Region 5 held a one-day workshop on EPA Headquarters


Jenny Molloy, OW/OWM
Green Infrastructure for CSO Control for a large audience of local
molloy.jennifer@epa.gov
public works officials, government representatives, and environ­ Robert Goo, OW/OWOW
mental organizations. Speakers from the District of Columbia, goo.robert@epa.gov
New York City, and Kansas City, Missouri shared information Gary Hudiburgh, OECA
about models and estimations for how to include green infra­ hudiburgh.gary@epa.gov
structure in CSO areas. Other topics included benefits, operation
EPA Regions
& maintenance, performance standards and design elements, lo­
Katie Connors, R1
cal codes and ordinances, and incentives to support green infra­ connors.katie@epa.gov
structure. For information on upcoming workshops or interest in Stephen Venezia, R2
hosting a workshop, please contact Jenny Molloy, USEPA. venezia.stephen@epa.gov
Dominique Leuckenhoff, R3
Research & Development leuckenhoff.dominique@epa.gov
Jim Giattina, R4
giattina.jim@epa.gov
Temple University-Ambler Campus established the Center for Sus­ Bob Newport, R5
tainable Communities in July 2000 to “develop and promote new newport.bob@epa.gov
approaches to protect and preserve quality of life through sus­ Brent Larsen, R6
tainable development.” The Center has worked on various water larsen.brent@epa.gov
management projects, including a recent effort to revitalize the Mandy Whitsitt, R7
flood-prone Fort Washington Office Park into a Sustainable Office whitsitt.mandy@epa.gov
Park. The office park site, developed in 1953, was originally Gregory Davis, R8
marshland and is crossed by four creeks. The Center lead a two davis.gregory@epa.gov
year study to: evaluate the flooding and transportation problems John Tinger, R9
tinger.john@epa.gov
at the office park; recommend solutions to mitigate flooding, en­ Krista Mendelman, R10
hance accessibility, and revitalize the office park; and, prepare mendelman.krista@epa.gov
a Development Implementation Plan with short-term and long-
term recommendations. In addition to removing some of the Steering Committee Partners
buildings, the draft report suggests improving office park condi­ Nancy Stoner, NRDC
tions by restoring “unnecessary parking lots to a more natural Nathan Gardner-Andrews &
state and by installing green roofs, porous paving, rain gardens, Keith Jones, NACWA
bioretention swales and basins, and underground cisterns that Chris Kloss & Neil Weinstein,
capture and manage the majority of the stormwater on-site.” LID Center
Katherine Baer, American Rivers
The Center also teamed up with the Villanova Urban Stormwater
Linda Eichmiller, ASIWPCA
Partnership to form the Temple-Villanova Sustainable Stormwater
Initiative, which works to advance the practice of stormwater
management through cross-disciplinary research and outreach.

Three universities, Cornell University, University of California at


Davis, and Virginia Tech partnered to research the benefits of us­
ing structural soil under pavements. The results of their experi­
ment found that a 24-inch deep bed of CU-Structural Soil® with
approximately 30% porosity holds about a 5-inch rain event. CU-
Structural Soil® is a patented two-part system comprised of a rigid
stone “lattice” meeting engineering requirements for a load-
bearing soil, along with a quantity of soil to meet tree require­
ments for root growth. The lattice of load-bearing stones provides Porous Asphalt on CU-Structural

stability as well as interconnected voids for root penetration, air, Soil® Ithaca, NY. Photo credit: Ted

and water movement. Haffner, Cornell University.

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