stormwater management

For half a century, Massachusetts’ Mill Brook ran beneath a downtown parking lot; Athol has now uncovered it, created 12,000 sq ft of wetlands and turned 53,000 sq ft of pavement into vegetation

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For decades, a stretch of Mill Brook in Athol, Massachusetts, was hidden beneath asphalt, largely out of sight beneath what had become a downtown parking area. This month, the small central Massachusetts town celebrated a very different landscape: the stream is flowing in the open again, new wetlands surround it and much of the former…

A 1950s farm pond at one of Georgia’s busiest parks had leaking banks, failing pipes and decades of sediment; Roswell spent $3.1 million rebuilding it to manage runoff from 52 acres

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Habitat features float near the centre of Roswell Area Park’s restored pond. A farm pond built in the 1950s at Roswell Area Park in Georgia has reopened after a nearly year-long restoration. The $3.1 million project rebuilt the pond’s embankment, replaced ageing stormwater infrastructure, removed decades of sediment and restored the walking trail around the…

In the 1990s, New York chose wetlands over conventional storm sewers on Staten Island; the Bluebelt strategy saved taxpayers $80 million in infrastructure costs

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New York City The City of New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Wetlands Strategy In the 1990s, New York chose wetlands over conventional storm sewers on Staten Island; the Bluebelt strategy saved taxpayers $80 million in infrastructure costs. Instead of laying miles of underground concrete pipes, the city preserved and restored natural streams, ponds, and…