The Watershed Connection Prepared by Emma Melvin PHS
The Watershed Connection Prepared by Emma Melvin, PHS Rod Ritchie, AKRF
Overview • What is a watershed • What is stormwater runoff and why is it important to manage it • What are Combined Sewer Outfalls (CSO) and Municipal Separate Storm Sewage Systems (MS 4 s) • What are Stormwater Best Management Practices, or SMPs
What is a Watershed?
What is Stormwater? Slide courtesy of Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy
Land Cover and Stormwater
Land Cover and Stormwater
Land Cover and Stormwater
Understanding Stormwater Issues
Understanding Stormwater Issues
Understanding Stormwater Issues
Understanding Stormwater Issues
Understanding Stormwater Issues
Understanding Stormwater Issues
Understanding Stormwater Issues
Understanding Stormwater Issues
Managing Stormwater Grey Stormwater Infrastructure Stormwater Drains Stormwater Outfall
Managing Stormwater Grey Stormwater Infrastructure: Combined Sewer System
Managing Stormwater Grey Stormwater Infrastructure: Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System - MS 4 Diagram credit: Anne Arundel Cty, MD
Managing Stormwater Green Stormwater Infrastructure: Stormwater management integrated into the landscape
Stormwater Friendly Land Management Let it flow--directing water to pervious spaces Riparian Buffer
Stormwater Friendly Land Management Let it flow--directing water to pervious spaces Community Trees
Stormwater Friendly Land Management Let it flow--directing water to pervious spaces Bio-retention swale
Stormwater Friendly Land Management Let it flow--directing water to pervious spaces Curb cut
Stormwater Friendly Land Management Let it flow--directing water to pervious spaces
Stormwater Friendly Land Management Healthy soils = healthy landscapes
Stormwater Friendly Land Management Healthy soils = healthy landscapes
Stormwater Friendly Land Management Healthy soils = healthy landscapes
Bioretention Basin/ Rain Garden Creating space for detaining water Curb cut Forebay Photo: Univ of Idaho
Stormwater Friendly Land Management Creating space for detaining water
Stormwater Friendly Land Management Creating space for detaining water Inlet
Stormwater Friendly Land Management Creating space for detaining water
Stormwater Friendly Land Management Absorbing the storm before it hits the ground
Stormwater Friendly Land Management Absorbing the storm before it hits the ground
Stormwater Friendly Land Management Absorbing the storm before it hits the ground
Stormwater Friendly Land Management Maintaining SMPs
Stormwater Friendly Land Management Maintenance
Stormwater Friendly Land Management Maintenance
You Have Learned: • What is a watershed • What is stormwater runoff and why is it important to manage it • What are Combined Sewer Outfalls (CSO) and Municipal Separate Storm Sewage Systems (MS 4 s) • What are Stormwater Best Management Practices, or SMPs
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