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Drawing on research from government agencies, civil society organizations, and industry experts, the National Urban Rainwater Harvesting (NURWH) Guidelines provide a practical framework to help towns and cities design their own RWH strategies. Successful implementation relies on understanding local hydrogeology, water use patterns, and the roles of both government bodies and citizens. By following a step-by-step process—from setting city objectives to making legislative changes—urban local bodies can ensure sustainable water management through RWH. Let’s work together to make our cities more water-secure!

Natural Ground water recharge is becoming one of the major concerns in urban zones. Rainwater harvesting can actually help us overcome the water related problems. My thesis was centered around the ground water recharge applications. To know more about gw recharge applications you can see WSUD(water sensitive urban design) concepts.

Drafted by CMAP in collaboration with community-based organizations, a new guide titled “Integrating Equity in Flood Resilience Investments” shows engineers, planners, and decision makers why investments must be made equitably, outlines key considerations for integrating equity (from planning and design to maintenance and funding), and highlights successful examples. Input was provided by the MWRD Stormwater Division and Environmental Justice Section. Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning #MWRD #CookCounty #stormwatermanagement #stormwater #community #collaboration ➡️ https://lnkd.in/diSBXc4Y

In this short GeoChat, Amy Woods highlights the benefits of underground stormwater storage vs. conventional ponds! With rising land costs and maintenance challenges, underground chambers and tanks offer developers and project owners a more innovative, long-term solution. 🌿 Watch to learn more about sustainable stormwater management!

Porous pavement design is a sustainable approach to stormwater management. It involves the use of permeable pavement systems (PPS) that allow rainwater and melting snow to seep through the surface down to underlying layers of soil and gravel. A typical PPS consists of three layers: A top pervious surface layer that infiltrates precipitation and receives run-on waters from other impervious surfaces. A middle subsurface storage layer, usually comprised of stabilized or unstabilized open-graded aggregates, that temporarily sequesters infiltrated waters. A bottom subgrade layer that may or may not contain perforated underdrain pipes, depending on the site’s ability to sufficiently exfiltrate sequestered waters.

Quick update, this bill was passed by the house local government committee yesterday. Yes, the folks who are supposed to represent the local governments in Iowa, despite all major local governments coming out against this bill? That means the bill now goes to the Full House of Representatives for a vote, please contact your representative as soon as possible and remind them we don't want to privatize short term profits while socializing the long term risks. Yep, they want you to pay more taxes forever to pay for the flooding problems created by a few builders to get a little more profit once. They're also selling almost all of the topsoil from your land before you buy a new home - a few communities tried to stop them, this bill makes it illegal to stop them?? Some representation huh? Here is their contact info: https://lnkd.in/gKXtqjwR

About 50 people, mostly members of local authority flood and water management teams, attended my presentation yesterday at the Association of SuDS Authorities. There was a very interesting discussion which followed focused on the value of SuDS and whether and how we could move towards greener SuDS being implemented more often. Two things I learnt: (1) (like the developers say) policies and attitudes vary widely and (2) responsibilities for ensuring and monitoring water quality are diffuse. If you want to know more, I have captured what I could of the discussion at the end of my slides here. https://lnkd.in/eCjAsksz

FREE webinar Learn about CWP's review of existing state post-construction stormwater standards to provide a clearer understanding of the current stormwater management approaches to climate resiliency.  https://lnkd.in/ew4fPsAd

This is an excellent explanation of the problems associated with housing developments and SuDS - both from the developer's perspective and the opportunities for more solution that are genuinely more sustainable.

🛠️ As #InfrastructureWeek comes to an end we want to highlight some accomplishments that have been made possible through innovative policies like the Judicial Streamlining Program (SB 149) — signed into law on July 10, 2023, by Governor Newsom — aimed at ensuring that qualifying infrastructure projects receive an expedited judicial review to be heard within 270 days of being challenged in court. The Sites Reservoir is a project that has benefitted from the Judicial Streamlining Program. When completed Sites will provide water for up to 3 million homes for one year, increase the needed water storage capacity for the state and create reliable water supplies for environmental, agriculture, and municipal uses, and will pave the way for a more climate resilient #CaliforniaForAll. The groundbreaking will take place in 2026 with construction finished by 2032.