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Green Infrastructure
Rebecca Vanderbeck, PESenior Associate Engineer, Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions
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• Definition • Examples• Benefits • Case Studies• Opportunities
Green Infrastructure
2 A presentation by Wood.
Metro Water Services Offices Nashville, TN
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What is Green Infrastructure?
EPA defines green infrastructure as:
“a cost-effective, resilient approach to managing wet weather impacts that provides many community benefits.”
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• Use soil and vegetation to manage rainwater close to where it falls
Shifting Paradigms. . . The GI Way of Thinking
Gray infrastructure: Green infrastructure:• Use basins, pipes & ditches to
remove pollutants from stormwater where it collects
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Source: Tompkins County NY (Bioswale)
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Shifting Paradigms. . . The GI Way of Thinking
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Gray infrastructure:
Green infrastructure:
Storm Sewer
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Shifting Paradigms. . . The GI Way of Thinking
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Why should we use green infrastructure?
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Examples of Green Infrastructure
• Rainwater Harvesting• Rain Gardens• Planter Boxes• Bioswales• Permeable Pavements
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• Green Streets and Alleys• Green Parking• Green Roofs• Urban Tree Canopy• Land Conservation
Rain Barrels
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Examples of Green Infrastructure
• Rainwater Harvesting• Rain Gardens• Planter Boxes• Bioswales• Permeable Pavements
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• Green Streets and Alleys• Green Parking• Green Roofs• Urban Tree Canopy• Land Conservation
Rain Garden at Palm Coast City Hall
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Examples of Green Infrastructure
• Rainwater Harvesting• Rain Gardens• Planter Boxes• Bioswales• Permeable Pavements
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• Green Streets and Alleys• Green Parking• Green Roofs• Urban Tree Canopy• Land Conservation
Figure from Duval County LID Manual
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Examples of Green Infrastructure
• Rainwater Harvesting• Rain Gardens• Planter Boxes• Bioswales• Permeable Pavements
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• Green Streets and Alleys• Green Parking• Green Roofs• Urban Tree Canopy• Land Conservation
Permeable Pavers and Bioretention,East Glenn Public Parking, Auburn, AL
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Examples of Green Infrastructure
• Rainwater Harvesting• Rain Gardens• Planter Boxes• Bioswales• Permeable Pavements
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• Green Streets and Alleys• Green Parking• Green Roofs• Urban Tree Canopy• Land Conservation
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Examples of Green Infrastructure
• Rainwater Harvesting• Rain Gardens• Planter Boxes• Bioswales• Permeable Pavements
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• Green Streets and Alleys• Green Parking• Green Roofs• Urban Tree Canopy• Land Conservation
Figure from Duval County LID Manual
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• Water Quality and Quantity• Air Quality• Habitat and Wildlife• Communities• Climate Resiliency
Benefits of Green Infrastructure
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• Green infrastructure practices can help communities prepare for and manage the effects of climate change:– Manage flooding– Prepare for drought– Reduce urban heat island– Lower building energy demands– Spend less energy managing water– Protect coastal areas
Green Infrastructure and Climate Resiliency
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Green Infrastructure Case Study
Benefits of Green Infrastructure• Improved aesthetics of
asphalted commercial area• Pollutant removal prior to
discharge to underground treatment units
• Reduced flood volumes and flow rates to receiving floodplain system
• Groundwater table recharge• Reduced flooding of lowest-
lying businesses
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Ridge Lakes Stormwater Retrofits
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Green infrastructure provides environmental, social, & public health benefits
• Recognize avoided costs• Recognize that all infrastructure requires maintenance• Recognize multiple benefits
Avoiding perception of higher costs
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Raindrop Plaza, Toronto
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Cost Benefit Analysis
Life Cycle Cost Analysis
Triple Bottom Line
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+Resilience Analysis
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Triple Bottom Line – Cost Benefit Analysis
Cost Benefit Analysis
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• Additional Detention• Additional Piping• Air Pollution• Carbon Emissions• Flood Risk• Heat Mortality• Property Value• Recreational Value• Social Value of Water• Water Quality• Wetlands Value
Triple Bottom Line - Cost Benefit Analysis
Financial Costs/Benefits: Co-Benefits:• Capital Expenditures• Operations and Maintenance
Costs• Replacement Costs• Residual Value of Assets• Decommissioning Costs• Regulatory Penalties• Other Costs• Revenues• One-time Subsidies• Recurring Subsidies
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Green Infrastructure Case Study
100RC National GI Challenge - NOLA
Challenge: Demonstrate how ecosystem goods and services value can be added to a Triple Bottom Line Analysis in the design to transform a 25-acre empty site into a recreational and educational urban amenity.
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Green Infrastructure Case Study
100RC National GI Challenge - NOLA
Design Objectives: • Divert and temporarily store up
to 10 million gallons of water to reduce flooding
• Infiltrate water to allow organic soils to stabilize and limit subsidence
• Clean the water of pollutants through a series of constructed filtration wetlands
• Educate by demonstrating how natural processes can be utilized for more sustainable water management and local ecology
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Impacts:• Financial
• Capital Expenditures• Operations and Maintenance Costs• Replacement Costs• Residual Value of Assets• Decommissioning Costs
• Environmental• Air Pollution• Carbon Emissions• Water Quality
• Social• Heat Mortality• Property Value Uplift/Aesthetic benefits• Recreational Value• Avoided Flood Damage• Avoided Subsidence Damage• Science and Education• Public Health (exercise)
Green Infrastructure Case Study
100RC National GI Challenge - NOLAFeatures: • Storage systems (Cistern)• Impervious surfaces (Driveways;
Concrete sidewalks; Concrete)• Retention/Detention (Bioretention Cells;
Rain garden; Dry detention pond)• Water Conveyance (Vegetated swales;
Piping Underdrain; Piping Stormwater Discharge; Piping beneath Cartier)
• Roofing Systems (Grey roof)• Infiltration Practices (Interlocking
Porous Concrete Paver; Flexible Porous Paving; Stone Paving; Concrete Step Pads)
• Landscaping Practices: Additional Trees; Additional Shrubs; Managed Turf; Unmanaged Turf)
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Green Infrastructure Case Study
100RC National GI Challenge - NOLASolution: To see how the design met the objectives, the cost-benefit analysis valued the water quality and avoided flood risk as well as the avoided subsidence and the educational benefits of the project.
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Opportunities for Green Infrastructure
Channelized Stream Natural Channel Design
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McCoys Creek – Present Day Edwards Bottomlands – Year 0
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Opportunities for Green Infrastructure
Channelized Stream Natural Channel Design
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McCoys Creek – Present Day Maron Run – Year 10
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Opportunities for Green Infrastructure
Channelized Stream Natural Channel Design
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McCoys Creek – Present Day Hickey Branch – Year 20
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Urban Stream Restoration
Channelized Stream
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Natural Channel Design
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General Benefits of Stream Restoration
• Sustainable and resilient riparian habitat
• Fish• Birds
• Decreased erosion • Flood mitigation• Increased wetlands• Nutrient reduction• Increased property values• Blueways and greenways• Rejuvenate communities
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