Best Practices in Green Stormwater Infrastructure Adoption on Private Properties (On Demand)

Description

Communities need cost-effective and innovative strategies for stormwater management infrastructure investments. In many circumstances, retaining water on-site through the use of Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) is more cost-effective than traditional gray infrastructure options. GSI can reduce combined sewer overflows (CSOs), treat urban runoff pollution, replenish groundwater resources, and reduce erosion of headwater streams. GSI provides additional benefits such as improved air quality, enhanced parcel values, and improved social well-being. On public lands, a municipality can build stormwater infrastructure – including GSI – as needed; however, the implementation of urban retrofits on private properties cannot be mandated. In response to these constraints, communities are employing programs that use incentives and market-based approaches to spur the adoption of stormwater infrastructure on privately owned parcels.

This webinar will feature Dr. Seth Brown, Executive Director of the National Municipal Stormwater Association, who has developed an agent-based model that simulates the behavior of private property owners responding to incentives to adopt on-site green stormwater infrastructure. He will be joined by Cooper Martin, National Program Director for Rainplan, who has developed a national database of hundreds of incentives that Rainplan uses as a tool to drive adoption nationwide.