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Site-Scale Green Infrastructure

 

Low Impact development, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, and Blue-green Infrastructure are just a few of the terms that encompass site-scale practices.

  • Rain Gardens & Bioretention
  • Swales
  • Rain Water Harvesting
  • Pervious Pavement
  • Green Roofs

 

  • Armand-Bayou-rain-garden
    Rain Garden in Armand Bayou Nature Center.
  • Pervious_Paver_In_The_Rain
    Pervious paver parking lot activated by rain. At the Ghirardi Family WaterSmart Park in League City, TX.
  • Rain Garden in Heritage Park, League City, TX.
    Rain Garden in Heritage Park, League City, TX.
  • Armand-Bayou-rain-garden
  • Pervious_Paver_In_The_Rain
  • Rain Garden - TCWP - Heritage Park League City

 

All of these stormwater management practices are designed to collect and naturally treat rain water falling on a single site. Each practice is designed to capture a set amount of water (say the amount of water that falls on ⅓ of the site during a 1-inch rainfall) in order to slow the water down; spread it out; and soak it in. The collected water can evaporate, be infiltrated into the soil, filtered then directed into the storm drain system, or held for later use.

Site-scale practices can be incorporated in to new development or retrofitted onto an existing site.

 

     

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