The Department of Watershed Management is working to integrate green infrastructure throughout the City. We are doing this by constructing our own projects, regulating private development, and working through the City’s Green Infrastructure Task Force to support green infrastructure projects.
Greenstreet with a variety of plants
Discover the 10 best blue-green infrastructure case studies that showcase innovative and sustainable solutions for urban planning.
With stormwater though, we now have even more reason to incorporate rain gardens and bio swales into our management plan for Garden Earth
ASLA 2019 General Design Honor Award. Glenstone, Potomac, Maryland. PWP Landscape Architecture > Overview: The Benefits Forests & Nature Reserves Wildlife Habitat & Corridors Cities Constructed Wetlands Green Streets Green Roofs & Walls Wetlands retain and f
Green Infrastructure Demo Areas
Why retrofit cities and suburbs with green infrastructure? Re-inserting the landscape back into the built environment helps us strike a better balance with nature, boost neighborhood health, and solve stormwater management problems. In a session at the Congress for New Urbanism (CNU) in Savannah, Georgia, a landscape architect, an urban designer, and a civil engineer…
FS1209, A tree box is a green infrastructure stormwater control measure that consists of vegetation and soil media in a concrete chamber, installed inground,
To promote the benefits of green infrastructure, help communities overcome barriers to using GI, and encourage the use of GI to create sustainable and resilient water infrastructure that improves water quality and supports and revitalizes communities.
Information on the environment for those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating environmental policy, and also the general public
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This project provides education and technical assistance on green infrastructure (GI) practices that address these stormwater impacts.
Learn about integrating green infrastructure into charging station planning, enhancing accessibility and urban aesthetics.
Green Infrastructure Typology – Shma Company Limited
How can cities reduce flooding caused by increasingly intense rain storms?More often, it's flooding in areas not known for a lot of flooding in the past.…
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Explore how sustainable Nordic green infrastructure leverages green roofs to combat the heat island effect, enhancing urban spaces and promoting biodiversity.
Thank You! DC Water thanks you for your patience during construction of green infrastructure (GI)! We hope you enjoy the improvements to your neighborhood. You can find the GI practices constructed within the Potomac River Project A area by clicking on the interactive map below:
Posts about Green Infrastructure written by Jared Green and The Dirt Contributor
Students are introduced to innovative stormwater management strategies that are being used to restore the hydrology and water quality of urbanized areas to pre-development conditions. A PowerPoint® presentation provides photographic examples, and a companion file gives students the opportunity to sketch in their ideas for using the technologies to make improvements to 10 real-world design scenarios.
