NACWA’s Flow Series Web Seminars

Flow Series Seminar 1:  January 13, 2010, 2:00 – 3:00 PM Eastern

Stormwater Management:  What Really Works?

The seminar, led by Dr. Melissa Keeley, a noted stormwater expert from George Washington University, focused on how stormwater utilities can use billing practices to encourage on-site retention of stormwater flows by suggesting that stormwater billing be done on a land parcel basis that charges each land owner based on the amount of impervious surface on their property.  Stormwater fees could then be adjusted to reflect the impact of each parcel on stormwater runoff to encourage on-site retention through green infrastructure or low impact development techniques.  Dr. Keeley acknowledged that such an approach could meet resistance from ratepayers at first but emphasized the importance of public education in helping land owners understand the true environmental impacts of stormwater runoff from their property.  The presentation also examined how utilities can build multi-agency support for the use of green infrastructure as a wet weather management technique by highlighting the multiple environmental and social benefits of green infrastructure beyond wet weather issues.  She encouraged stormwater and clean water utilities to partner with other municipal agencies like transportation departments and public health departments to take advantage of the multiple community benefits offered by green infrastructure. 

View the recorded Seminar by clicking here.

Presentation Links

Presentation Slides
http://eoplugin.commpartners.com/NACWA/100113/100113%20Stormwater%20Presentation.pdf

Presenter Bios
http://eoplugin.commpartners.com/NACWA/100113/Presenter%20Bios.pdf

EPA GI Web Site
http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/home.cfm?program_id=298

Individual Parcel Assess
http://eoplugin.commpartners.com/NACWA/100113/KEELEY%202007%20Using%20IPAs%20Stormwater%20Managment.pdf

Trading SW Credits
http://www.stormh2o.com/july-august-2002/trading-stormwater-abatement.aspx

Economic Incentives
http://www.epa.gov/NRMRL/pubs/600r08129/600r08129.pdf

Cialdini Article
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200907/green-envy

GI Impediments
http://www.springerlink.com/content/n6324621286q2173/

SW Survey
http://eoplugin.commpartners.com/NACWA/100113/Stormwater%20Survey%20NACWA%202.doc