San Jose selects multidisciplinary team for GSI project
The city of San Jose has engaged a team of engineers, modelers, and scientists to provide professional consultancy services on projects to implement the city’s 2019 Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) Plan.
Envisioning a watershed with thriving creeks, rivers, and a healthy San Francisco Bay, the city developed the GSI Plan, a roadmap outlining the transformation of its urban landscape and drainage systems to achieve water quality goals and deliver environmental and community benefits.
The plan focuses on implementing GSI and sustainable drainage practices, transitioning from traditional gray infrastructure to an integrated approach incorporating resilient green systems.
The multidisciplinary approach of GSI uses soil, plants, and pervious surfaces to capture, treat, infiltrate, and/or reuse stormwater runoff. With effective planning, GSI can integrate with building and roadway design, complete streets, drainage infrastructure, urban forestry, soil conservation and landscaping.
Under a Master Serves Agreement (MSA), a local team of Brown and Caldwell, Lotus Water, and Paradigm Environmental will provide a diverse range of services to implement the GSI Plan. Tasks include program management, regulatory support, cost and budget analysis, stakeholder outreach, and multidisciplinary engineering and construction administration on numerous projects.
The first service order under the MSA was executed in late August. Next steps of the GSI Plan implementation include evaluating the feasibility of near-term regional stormwater capture and green streets projects and laying the foundation for successful project implementation over the next five years.
SOURCE: Brown and Caldwell
