Location: Texas (multiple cities)
The new green infrastructure paradigm offers opportunities for environmental improvement and cost savings but if the critical issues of performance, reliability and maintenance are not addressed this paradigm shift will not achieve the goals that inspired it. This multi-city tour seeks to provide insight on Low Impact Development and explores next generation solutions that address these key issues in storm water management.
Urbanization, the change of forest and agricultural lands to concentrated development, is proceeding at an unprecedented pace. The majority of the state’s population now lives in urban areas. Impervious surfaces, such as roadways and rooftops that are now estimated to cover approximately 10% of the earth’s land mass, are concentrated in these urban areas and dramatically influence storm water flows, the delivery of pollutants to receiving water bodies, and ultimately the condition of our state’s rivers, lakes and estuaries. Present trends in urbanization are expected to continue, amplifying the storm water problem and impacting our drinking water availability.
Green infrastructure, at site specific and regional scales, is an effective and efficient means of regulating the storm water flows and pollutant loading, while providing multiple environmental and health and well-being benefits that support sustainability.
For more info: http://www.constructionecoservices.com/texas-stormwater-innovation-conference