Professionals

We are developing tools that can be applied directly to Potash Brook in South Burlington, Vermont, but that also are relevant to other urbanizing watersheds in New England and elsewhere. The variously-scaled and spatially-distributed approaches that we are evaluating are intended to improve ecosystem health and community well-being over the long-term. They are especially cost-efficient when used at the development stage. Plans exist to subdivide and develop the agricultural land above the existing Butler Farm subdivision and so an opportunity exists to work with the developer to design efficient and innovative storm water management features into the new development from its inception.

We are also looking at demonstrations for retrofitting existing developments and finding optimal solutions for neighborhoods and developments that already exist.

The following information was developed by Jack Myers (Stantec, Inc.) for the Stormwater Study Group:

2002-lite_targets. Definitions of Water Quality and Channel Protection volumes that are part of the 2002 stormwater management targets. (198 kb)

Sediment_Loading_(03.09.06). Early sediment loading estimates from the neighborhoods, based on the widely used SIMPLE method. (15 kb)

Options_Table_(Nov06). This is the most recent (Nov 06) summary of costs for Options 1 and 2 as outlined by Jack Myers. (15 kb)

Option_1_(Nov06). This is a small PDF file that contains a low-resolution image of the areas that would be treated under Option #1 as described in the Options Table (above) (75 kb)

Option_2_(Nov06). This is a small PDF file that contains a low-resolution image of the areas that would be treated under Option #2 as described in the Options Table (above) (75 kb)

Option_1_(Nov06). This is a LARGE BMP file that contains a high-resolution image otherwise identical to the PDF file above. (VERY LARGE 25 megabyte)

Option_2_(Nov06). This is a LARGE BMP file that contains a high-resolution image otherwise identical to the PDF file above. (VERY LARGE 25 megabyte)