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Mount Vernon Addresses Flooding Issues with Stormwater Management

3/23/2015

Check out this article about flood management in Mount Vernon that was recently published in Storm Water Solutions.

Located along the banks of the Skagit River 60 miles north of Seattle is the City of Mount Vernon, Wash. This community, which is known for its annual Tulip Festival street fair, has been plagued by immense flooding. The devastating effects of this flooding have limited the city’s ability to promote its unique tourist opportunities.

In order to alleviate the flooding issue, the city developed a multi-year plan that included the purchase of a mobile floodwall that could be installed during events. This was utilized as a stopgap measure while designers worked on developing a more permanent fix. The long-term solution decided upon was the $27.3 million Private-Public Partnership Waterfront Revitalization Plan, which was broken down into multiple phases.

Read the whole case study in Storm Water Management.

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AquaShield Presents Low Impact Development Practices at Chattanooga Engineers Club

3/17/2015

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One of the leading topics in stormwater management today is the drive for sustainability, green infrastructure designs and Low Impact Development (LID) practices.

Mark Miller, research scientist for AquaShield, Inc., presented trends in LID and changing stormwater regulations in Chattanooga at the Engineers Club. Mark offered an overview of the topics and discussed the movement toward water catchment versus end of pipe solutions.

Key takeaways included:

Storage is important, but pretreatment is the first key to the success of a storage based LID plan
When picking an LID plan, consider the benefits of each. Pick the best possible solution for the problem at hand based on your goals.
Maintenance is essential and must be considered on the front end. Poor upkeep can subtract from the benefits of a progressive LID plan.

Biofiltration helps groundwater recharge and reduces the heat island effect.

There is no single solution for stormwater management. This makes multiple technologies needed to solve problems. Solutions can include, media filtration, surface and subsurface infiltration, treatment and storage, rain harvesting, drivable grass and many more.

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School Club Helps Design Route Along Bell Creek

3/5/2015

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Be The Change club members, Eddie Cruz, Cortney Gosset, Mattie Clark, Karen Chan, Liam Harris, Shelby Lott, Maeve Harris, Kayley Lofstrom and club advisor Chelsea Reichner, are on the trail leading up from Bell Creek, which runs through a deep ravine in Gerhardt Park. — Image Credit: Sequim Gazette Photo By Alana Linderoth

Check out this awesome story about some very cool kids working to increase community awareness around their local waterway, reduce pollution and runoff, and help save a critical waterway for fish. This is a great example of what we can accomplish when communities work together. If your community is involved in saving water, tell us about it in the comment section.

School club helps design route along Bell Creek
by ALANA LINDEROTH
Sequim Gazette

In an effort to increase community awareness of Bell Creek, a historical vein of water running through the heart of Sequim, students belonging to Sequim High School’s Be The Change club are assisting city officials to create a questionnaire-driven route along the creek. . .

Read the whole story at the Sequim Gazette.

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Low Impact Design Tool Makes Product Selection Easy

2/3/2015

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Water specialists and engineers are increasingly focused on low impact development (LID) technology and stormwater solutions that reduce runoff and provide water quality treatment. At AquaShield™ we developed an LID pyramid to help our clients and engineers select the solution that is best for their stormwater project.

Begin with subsurface infiltration as the most preferred design option to reduce runoff
Consider subsurface infiltration
Look for rainwater harvesting
Biofiltration designs spanning both aspects of runoff reduction and water treatment
Conventional designs including a variety of treatment train options for both water quality and quantity designs

Low Impact Design Pyramid for Storwater Treatment Selection

Check out a full explanation of each step in our Tech Report.

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Congrats to the LID Design Challenge Winners

7/29/2014

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Resource Rain Chattanooga recently launched the Low Impact Development Design Challenge, sponsored in part by AquaShield. The contest asked teams to redesign Broad Street and Cherokee Boulevard with green space, bike paths, and LID elements.

You can check out all their cool ideas for improving our home city of Chattanooga here: http://www.greenspaceschattanooga.org/lid-competition/

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Mount Vernon Addresses Flooding Issues with Stormwater Management

AquaShield Presents Low Impact Development Practices at Chattanooga Engineers Club

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School Club Helps Design Route Along Bell Creek

Low Impact Design Tool Makes Product Selection Easy

Congrats to the LID Design Challenge Winners

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Mount Vernon Addresses Flooding Issues with Stormwater Management

AquaShield Presents Low Impact Development Practices at Chattanooga Engineers Club

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School Club Helps Design Route Along Bell Creek

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Congrats to the LID Design Challenge Winners

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