workshop c rethinking urban rivers from dallas, toronto and beyond tom hunt

7/30/2019 Workshop C Rethinking Urban Rivers from DAllas, Toronto and Beyond Tom Hunt

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Applied Ecological Services, Inc.

Sustainable Solutions For More Than 30 Years

Rethinking Urban RiversToronto , Dal las, Milwaukee & Beyond

Tom Hunt, Ph.D., Director of Science


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Hydrologic Diagram

Portion of watershed showing process of rainfall, interception, evaporation,

transpiration, infiltration, percolation, groundwater flow, overland flow, subsurface

flow, surface storage, detention storage, and channel precipitation.


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Watershed Analysis not an original idea

reaches back at least as far as the ancient

Chinese art of geomancy

empowers the harmonious interaction between

person and place art of appropriate placement - locate and shape

spaces in harmony with both the physical and the

spiritual environment of the place

roots of modern watershed analysis canbe found in the writings of conservationists

- John Powell, Clarence King, Gifford

Pinchot, Aldo Leopold


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Spatial Concept regional scale restoration requires

landscape planning and management be

spatially explicit at scales such as

physiographic provinces, river basins, and

watersheds

this simple idea, a comprehensive and

systematic analysis of a landscape, canand must inform landscape restoration and

management


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Note points A and B; subdivisions of the basin useful for monitoring and evaluation.

Watershed Delineationa useful management unit

NEED VISION WILL FINANCING TECHNIQUE (know how)


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WPA Coon Creek Watershed CCC Camp circa 1933 Coon Valley Wisconsin

http://www.arscse.org/qCCCWI.htm

COON CREEK WATERSHED


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http://www.wksu.org/news/images/23583/cuyahoga.jpg

Cuyahoga River Catches FireJune 22, 1969


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Don Lands RevitalizationToronto, Ontario


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Don Lands RevitalizationA First, and Lasting Approach to help Areas of Concern


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Don River Mouth RevitalizationToronto, Ontario, Canada

Project Goals

Restore ecologically functional

Don River mouth

Integrate development, park and

transit systems

Create an overall vision forintegrating the Lower Don Lands

with other City waterfront projects.


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Coastal marsh existed prior to 1900 Marsh areal extent controlled by long shore shoal to south, wind

and ice to west

Marsh received and assimilated watershed sediments, nutrients,

debris

Channel was likely dynamic, shaped by events

The Historic River Mouth


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River geomorphology and the urban condition

Naturalization


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Existing Condition


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Don River Mouth RevitalizationToronto, Ontario, Canada

The project will achieve

Flood Protection

Water Quality Improvements

Increased Biodiversity

High Quality Residential And

Commercial Properties Upgraded Recreational Park And

Transit Systems Organized Around

a Naturalized, Recreated Don

River Channel.

This approach is anticipated to

save the community substantialinfrastructure costs associated

with conventional flood control

strategies.


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Stormwater ManagementRunoff Treatment and Reuse

Goals:

Create compatibility between

stormwater treatment and

natural elements

Clean water adequate for

reuse for ecological needs

Meet regulatory requirements

for stormwater quality


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High Quality Wetland and Rivulet


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Street Tree Irrigation Option


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Dallas Cowboys StadiumArlington, Texas


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Project Goals

Master Plan the entire venue

complex with the Dallas Cowboys

and the Texas Rangers

Develop a watershed

conservation plan for Johnson

Creek to reduce flooding and

erosion and sedimentation, and

improve passive recreation and

wildlife habitat.

Build upon previous JohnsonCreek flood improvement efforts


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Concrete channel, Honey Creek, Milwaukee; Drainage ditch, Underwood

Creek, South Branch, West Allis; Dousman Ditch, Brookfield.

From Urban Wilderness by Eddee Daniel

MENOMONEE RIVER WATERSHED


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Menomonee River ValleyMilwaukee, WI


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River-related BeneficiariesI Agriculture

(a) Irrigated crops

(b) Livestock (confined animal feeding

operation)

(c) Aquaculture

(d) Processing

(e) Grazing

II Industry

(a) Cooling water

(b) Processing

(c) Hydroelectric

(d) Extracting (sand and gravel)

(e) Discharge

(f) Commercial extraction

(g) Pharmaceutical industry

III Municipal

(a) Drinking water source

(b) Wastewater treatment plant sink

(c) Property owners

IV Non-use

(a) Existence/option/bequest

V Recreational use

(a) Viewing(b) Swimming

(c) Fishing and hunting

(d) Boating

VI Cultural

(a) Spiritual

(b) Ceremonial(c) Subsistence

VII Commercial transportation

(a) Goods

(b) People

VIII Education and research

Ringold et al. 2011


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URBAN WILDERNESSExploring a Metropolitan Watershed

The idea of wilderness is born of the tension betweencivilization and nature I realized that theunderlying assumption is false: civilization and

nature are not inherently separate conditions.Each of us understands the relationship between the

ideas and realities of civilization and nature basedon our historical, cultural, and individualexperiences.

Eddee Daniel


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AES Locations

Midwest/Corporate17921 Smith Rd

Brodhead, WI 53520

(608) 897-8641

Great Lakes

120 W Main St

West Dundee, IL 60118

(847) 844-9385

Northwoods

21938 Mushtown RdPrior Lake, MN 55372

(952) 447-1919

Great Plains

14501 US 59 Hwy

Oskaloosa, KS 66066

(785) 863-2206

Atlantic Coast1100 E Hector St, Suite

398

Conshohocken, PA

19428

(610) 238-9088

Northeast

1899 SR414

Waterloo, NY 13165

(608) 214-2361

Chicagoland

11714 Power Park Rd

Huntley, IL 60142

(847) 669-1685

Hudson Valley18 Walker Way

Albany, NY 12205

(608) 214-3110

Fox Cities

2836 Dundas Road

Brillion, WI 54110

(608) 214-1226


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