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Passaic Valley Sewerage

Commission

Comprehensive Water Resource

Management Plan

Rutgers Cooperative Extension

Water Resources Program

Green Infrastructure

Initiative June 2013

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PVSC’s Plan for Promotion of Green Infrastructure

• The PVSC Sewerage District

– 48 municipalities in 5 counties

– Includes both Separate and Combined Sewer Systems

• 9 with Combined Sewer Systems

• Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO)s and stormwater runoff can impact ambient water quality

– Can be partially alleviated with use of Green Infrastructure

• Green Infrastructure components will be required in CSO Long Term Control Plans


• PVSC is dedicated to leading efforts throughout the PVSC Sewerage District to: 1) intercept stormwater runoff 2) reduce Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) 3) manage existing water infrastructure 4) minimize frequent flooding events

• PVSC has entered into a partnership with Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) Water Resources Program to achieve these goals


• Green Infrastructure Program (Year 1)

3 Main Objectives:

1) Municipal Outreach and Education

2) Community-Based Technical Assistance

3) Green Infrastructure Demonstration Projects


May – June 2013

– Initial Stakeholder meeting

– Development of educational materials and distribution to municipalities

– Kick-off Event @ PVSC (May 16, 2013)

– Program website to be developed and hosted by RCE Water Resources Program (http://www.water.rutgers.edu/PVSC.html)

Objective 1 – Municipal Outreach and Education

http://www.water.rutgers.edu/PVSC.html


June 2013

– 4 outreach sessions by county: • Passaic (June 10, 2013) • Bergen (June 17, 2013) • Essex/Union (June 24, 2013) • Hudson (June 26, 2013)

– Identify municipalities willing to pursue a community-wide Green Infrastructure program

Objective 1 – Municipal Outreach and Education


July – December 2013

– Work individually with interested municipalities

– PVSC & RCE Water Resources Program: • Complete Municipal-Wide GI Assessment and Opportunity

Analyses for 6-8 individual municipalities through cost-sharing agreements between PVSC and the municipalities

– Municipalities must: • Provide available mapping, digital data, and other resources

as necessary • Commit resources to complete 2 GI demonstration projects

detailed in the final municipal assessment

Objective 2 – Community-Based Technical Assistance



– RCE Water Resources Program will develop and install 2 Green Infrastructure demonstration projects with PVSC

• 1st project on PVSC property

• 2nd project within PVSC Sewerage District

• Projects may include rain gardens, bioswales, porous pavement, rainwater harvesting systems

• Demonstrate practical, cost-effective strategies that can be replicated throughout the PVSC Sewerage District

Objective 3 – GI Demonstration Projects



– RCE Water Resources Program will hold Green Infrastructure training workshop for PVSC staff and interested municipal representatives

• Learn planning, design, construction, and maintenance of Green Infrastructure projects

• Opportunity to assist with construction of 2nd Green Infrastructure demonstration project

Objective 3 – GI Demonstration Projects


• Plan to renew partnership with RCE Water Resources Program for multiple years

– Continue to expand use of Green Infrastructure throughout PVSC Sewerage District

TOGETHER, we can improve water

quality AND quality of life through the use of Green Infrastructure

INTRODUCTION TO GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE

HOW WE CAN PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR WATERS

June 2013

Christopher C. Obropta, Ph.D., PE Jeremiah D. Bergstrom, LLA, ASLA


Water Resources Program http://www.water.rutgers.edu/PVSC.html


What is stormwater?

Stormwater is the water from rain or melting snows that can become “runoff,” flowing over the ground surface and returning to lakes and streams.

WHAT IS A WATERSHED? ó An area of land that water flows across, through, or under on its way

to a stream, river, lake, ocean or other body of water. ó A watershed is like one big bathtub...

Courtesy of Texas Watershed Stewards, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

Do you know what a

watershed is?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUYWb8XTo58



HYDROLOGIC CYCLE

Courtesy of www.fgmorph.com

WHERE DOES PRECIPITATION GO?

1. It can run off


WHERE DOES PRECIPITATION GO? 2. It can be absorbed by plants and used for

photosynthesis and other biological processes


WHERE DOES PRECIPITATION GO? 3. It can infiltrate through the soil surface and percolate

downward to groundwater aquifers


WHERE DOES PRECIPITATION GO? 4. It can evaporate


More development

More impervious surfaces

More stormwater runoff

10% 20% 30% 55%

The Impact of Development on Stormwater Runoff

LAND USE/LAND COVER CHANGES

LAND USE HOW LAND IS USED BY

HUMANS: • AGRICULTURE • INDUSTRY • URBAN • RESIDENTIAL • RECREATION

LAND COVER BIOLOGICAL AND

PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE LAND:

• FORESTS • GRASSLANDS • AGRICULTURAL FIELDS • RIVERS, LAKES • BUILDINGS, PARKING LOTS

LAND USE/LAND COVER CHANGES


The Urban Hydrologic Cycle

WATER POLLUTION SOURCES POINT SOURCE POLLUTION NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION

Environmental Health Perspective, National Institute of Health

POINT SOURCE POLLUTION

• Comes from a specific source, like a pipe

• Factories, industry, municipal treatment plants

• Can be monitored and controlled by a permit system (NPDES)

NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION • Nonpoint Source (NPS)

Pollution is pollution associated with stormwater or runoff

• NPS occurs when runoff collects pollutants on its way to a collection system or water body

• NPS pollution cannot be traced to a direct discharge point such as a wastewater treatment facility

NPS = “People Pollution”

litter fertilizers

animal waste grass clippings septic systems

oil & grease from cars household cleaning products

sewage & cleaners from boats

These pollutants build up on the land then wash off

IMPACT OF NPS • Fish and wildlife • Recreational water

activities • Commercial fishing • Tourism • Drinking water quality

What is infrastructure? • Infrastructure includes

the basic structures and organizations needed to operate our cities: – roads – water supply – sewers – electrical grids – telecommunications,

Gray Infrastructure

• Roads

• Curbs & Gutters

• Catch Basins

• Sewer Pipes

• Retention & Detention Ponds

• Treatment Plants

GRAY INFRASTRUCTURE

Combined Sewer Systems (CSOs)

Combined versus Separate Sewers

Downspout

Storm drain

Dry Weather

Outfall pipe to creek

Downspout

Storm drain

Dry Weather


Combined Sewer Separate Sewer

22

Downspout

Storm drain

Downspout

Storm drain


Combined Sewer Separate Sewer

Types of Sewers in Philadelphia

Wet Weather Wet Weather


Combined versus Separate Sewers

What is Green Infrastructure?

Philadelphia Green

Infrastructure

Green infrastructure is an approach to wet weather management that is cost-effective, sustainable, and environmentally friendly. Green Infrastructure management approaches and technologies infiltrate, evapotranspire, capture and reuse stormwater to maintain or restore natural hydrologies.

USEPA. 2009. Green Infrastructure Manual.

Rain Garden in Holmdel, NJ Native NJ Purple Coneflower Pervious Pavers

http://vimeo.com/10756931

Green Infrastructure is ... …an approach to stormwater management that is cost-effective, sustainable, and environmentally friendly. Green Infrastructure projects:

• capture, • filter, • absorb, and • reuse

stormwater to maintain or mimic natural systems and treat runoff as a resource.

Green Infrastructure includes: Green Roofs Rainwater Harvesting Tree Filter/Planter Boxes Rain Gardens/Bioretention Systems Permeable Pavements Vegetated Swales or Bioswales Natural Retention Basins Trees & Urban Forestry Green Streets

Parker Urban Greenscapes. 2009.

What are ways we can better manage stormwater in our community?

Play

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY8Y1PUmT1U




Questions?


GETTING STARTED Planning for Green Infrastructure in your

Community

June 2013






Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) helps the diverse population of New Jersey adapt to a rapidly changing society and improves their lives through an educational process that uses science-based knowledge.

Water Resources Program The Water Resources

Program is one of many specialty programs under Rutgers Cooperative Extension.

Our Mission is to

identify and address community water resources issues using sustainable and practical science-based solutions.

Cooperative Extension of Essex and Passaic Counties

Dr. Amy Rowe, Environmental and Resource Management Agent – Focusing on sustainable landscaping, green

infrastructure, and green jobs training – Available to assist communities implement

education and outreach programs Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station

Cooperative Extension of Essex County Cooperative Extension of Passaic County 621a Eagle Rock Avenue 1310 Route 23 North Roseland, NJ 07068 Wayne, NJ 07470 p. 973-287-6360 f. 973-364-5261 [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

How can we minimize the impact of stormwater runoff in our community?

It is all about controlling runoff from impervious

surfaces

The Hydrologic Cycle

We must deal with impacts from impervious cover

Are there impervious surfaces that you can eliminate?

Are there impervious surfaces that you can harvest rainwater for reuse?

If we can't eliminate it, can we reduce it?

If we can't eliminate or reduce it, can we disconnect it?

Are there conveyance systems that can be converted to bioswales?

Eliminate it!

Reduce It!

Disconnect It!

Runoff Direction

1 acre directly connected

impervious cover

2 acres pervious cover

Total drainage area = 3 acres

For 1.25 inch storm, 3,811 cubic feet of runoff = 28,500 gallons

Stormwater Inlet

1 acre directly connected

impervious cover

2 acres pervious cover

Total drainage area = 3 acres

For 1.25 inch storm, 581 cubic feet of runoff = 4,360 gallons

Runoff Direction

Stormwater Inlet

Volume of Runoff

Design Storm

Connected (gallons)

Disconnected (gallons)

Percent Difference

1.25 inches (water quality

storm)

28,500 4,360 85%

Disconnect your downspout by installing a

rain barrel

Disconnection with Rain Water Harvesting

Impervious area is now “disconnected” from flowing directly into the storm sewer system

So Many Barrels to Choose From…

Or Larger Rainwater Harvesting Systems…

Rooftop runoff is now “disconnected” from flowing directly into the storm sewer system

Disconnection with Rain Gardens

Lots of Rain Gardens

Disconnect with a Tree Filter Box

Rooftop runoff is now “disconnected” from flowing directly into the storm sewer system

Disconnection with Tree Filter Box

Planning for Green Infrastructure

• Remediate flooding • Reduce CSOs - raw wastewater discharge in parks,

streets, basements, and waterways • Manage Inflow & Infiltration

What are the water resources issues in your community?

CITY OF CAMDEN COMMUNITY-BASED GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE FEASIBILITY STUDY

Camden, NJ/ 2010-2012

Localized Flooding in Camden

• October 1, 2010 rain event in Cramer Hill

• Capacity of existing infrastructure & topography

• Sewage water and public health hazard

• Existing conditions/needs vary by neighborhood

Community-Based Green Infrastructure for the City of Camden

Community-Based Green Infrastructure for the City of Camden

• City-wide mapping • Community meetings • Site visits and City

tours • Conceptual designs

City-Wide Mapping

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

• 20 Neighborhood Maps • Map information

includes: • Churches • Schools • Parks • Community Meeting Input

Community Meetings • 5 meetings across the City • Residents completed short

surveys and sketched on neighborhood maps to identify existing areas of flooding and potential areas for Green Infrastructure

Neighborhood Maps

Site Visits and City Tours

• Conducted multiple visits and tours to individual neighborhoods

• Met with community Leaders

• Photographed and measured green infrastructure opportunity sites

Conceptual Designs

• Identified 40 green infrastructure demonstration projects and programs

• Projects proposed in all of Camden’s neighborhoods

• Selected 13 Priority sites to begin work in 2012

• Feasible project • Ready partnership • High visibility • Grant funds available

2012 Priority Demonstration Projects

2012 Priority Demonstration Project

Puerto Rican Unity for Progress

Project: Rain Garden Installation Funding: Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority ($96,000)

Sumner School, Camden NJ

Sumner School, Camden NJ Installation Photos

Green Gateway Plan Camden, NJ Existing Conditions

Green Gateway Plan Camden, NJ

Chelton Ave Construction Progress June 21, 2010

Project: Community Park + Garden

Green Gateway Plan Camden, NJ Proposed Site Plan

Parkside Rain Gardens, Camden, NJ Parkside Business and Community in Partnership (PBCIP)

STORMWATER EDUCATION PROGRAM

Stormwater Management In Your Schoolyard

1. Educational Lectures 2. Hands-on Activities 3. Community Level Outreach 4. Rain Gardens/Rain Barrels

Objective Empower students to take action in their local community. Examples Lindenwold School 4 Central Elementary School, Haddonfield Sumner Elementary School, Camden Lawnside Public School Lindenwold High School Haddonfield Memorial High School

• Taught 180+ elementary and high school students (grades 1-12) in 6 schools

• Partnerships with Camden County 4-H Youth Development Program, AmeriCorps Watershed Ambassador, Master Gardeners, and local school systems

Stormwater Management in Your Schoolyard

• Taught 200+ homeowners in watershed how to install and manage rain gardens on their residential property

• Installed demonstration rain gardens in local communities • Fostered partnerships with the following communities:

• Cherry Hill • Voorhees • Lawnside • Parkside neighborhood, Camden • Cramer Hill neighborhood, Camden • Waterfront South neighborhood, Camden • Collingswood

Stormwater Management in Your Backyard

• Taught 90+ landscape professionals through hands-on workshops how to install and manage rain gardens

• Corporate Landscapes for Stormwater Management

• Fostered partnerships with local corporations to install demonstration rain gardens

– Subaru of America, Inc. in Cherry Hill – Perkins Center for the Arts in Collingswood – Flying Fish Brewery in Somerdale

Rain Garden Training for Landscape Professionals

Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority Camden, NJ Project: Community Garden

Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority Camden, NJ Installation Photos

Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority Camden, NJ Completed Installation

Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority Camden, NJ After Installation

What you can do…

Can your community benefit…

1. Does your community suffer from localized flooding?

2. Does your community have combined sewers?

3. Does your community pay too much for treating wastewater because of inflow and infiltration (I&I) problems?

4. Is your community committed to protecting the health of its residents?

Next Steps

• Discuss green infrastructure with your community leaders

• Identify most critical issues in your community

• Contact Rutgers Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program for a free consultation

Green Infrastructure Planning

• Complete 6 plans in 2013 • Through ongoing partnerships complete

additional plans in coming years – Continue to expand the use of Green

Infrastructure throughout PVSC Sewerage District

TOGETHER, we can improve water quality AND quality of life through the

use of Green Infrastructure

Questions?

PVSC Rutgers Christopher Obropta, Ph.D., P.E. [email protected] 848.932.5711 Jeremiah Bergstrom, LLA, ASLA [email protected] 848.932.5708 Amy Rowe, Ph.D. [email protected] 973.287.6360

Bridget McKenna [email protected] 973.817.5976 Ashley T. Slagle [email protected] 973.817.5958






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