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The Importance of Maintenance for Stormwater Systems
Maintenance is required in all systems, from an automobile to a factory, an orchard to a stormwater harvesting strategy
The Most Important Stormwater Harvesting Materials
Building the best stormwater management setup requires using the best materials.
Large-Scale Stormwater Harvesting
While rain barrels are perfectly appropriate for single-family homes or the back patio of an apartment, they’re merely a drop in the bucket
Basic Stormwater Harvesting for Smaller Properties
Stormwater management in general is important for the world
What Is Green Infrastructure?
Green infrastructure is an approach to water management that protects, restores, or mimics the natural water cycle
Why Do We Need Stormwater Harvesting Strategies?
The answer to the question of why stormwater harvesting matters is double-pronged.
Risks of Stormwater
Overwhelmed stormwater management systems can lead to backups that cause localized flooding or lead to greater runoff of contaminants
What Are Stormwater and Stormwater Harvesting?
Stormwater, for reasons we will discuss below, is an increasingly pressing issue of our times
Utilizing Undisturbed Areas in Stormwater Management
The preservation of undisturbed natural areas, as well as using them as buffers, is a principle that can be utilized.
Stormwater Management Feature Location Considerations
There are considerations that need to be made for a stormwater management plan, such as the best locations for your stormwater management features.
Permeable Pavement for Stormwater and Rain
Permeable pavement, also referred to as porous concrete or pervious concrete, is a highly porous pavement that allows rainwater to pass through it and soak into the ground beneath it.
Stormwater or Rainwater Art
Stormwater management is not always pretty. In fact, many times, drainage ditches, culverts, and black pipes can be an eyesore.
Impact Design Requirements of LID Stormwater Management
The main goal of low-impact design strategies is to distribute or scatter stormwater and urban runoff across developed sites.
Bioretention Basins and Retaining Ponds for Stormwater
Bioretention basins are another low-impact development strategy.
Catch Basins for Stormwater
A catch basin, also known as a storm drain, is used to redirect water to prevent flooding.
Water Harvesting Stormwater
Water harvesting, a LID strategy, is the collection and storage of rainwater.
What are Disconnected Downspouts?
Downspout disconnection is a LID strategy that separates roof downspouts from their previous normal route – a piped system that enters the sanitary sewer system and/or discharges it onto impervious surfaces.
Rain Gardens and Bioretention Areas
A rain garden, one example of a low-impact development strategy, is a planted shallow depression (the catchment area).
Stormwater Use for Green Roofs / Vegetated Rooftops / Living Roof
A green roof, a low impact development (LID) strategy, is an alternate roof surface that is partially or completely covered with vegetation.
Low-Impact Development Stormwater Management Strategies
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the term low impact development refers to “systems and practices that use or mimic natural processes that result in the infiltration, evapotranspiration or use of stormwater in order to protect water quality and associated aquatic habitat.”
Stormwater Management in Urban Settings
Historically, stormwater strategies have included methods to collect, store and move runoff away from urban environments into nearby waterways to prevent flooding in the cities.
What are Floodplains?
Floodplains vary in size and consist of the floodway -- the main channel of the river or stream -- and the flood fringe which extends from the outer banks of the floodway to the enclosing valley walls.
Managing Stormwater in the City
Although cities afford untold opportunities to the human race, the development that goes with them tends to cause problems when it comes to runoff management.
What is Stormwater Management?
Stormwater runoff is generated when natural precipitation – rain, snow, ice melt, etc. – does not initially infiltrate/percolate into the ground.