1. LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT COUPLED
WITH FLOOD MITIGATION
April 20, 2016
Richard Wagner, P.E.,
D.WRE
Seth Nehrke, P.E., D.WRE
Florida Public Works Expo
APWA Florida Chapter
Conference and Exposition
2. Agenda
โข Low Impact Development Overview
โข City of Jacksonville LID Manual
โข Project Examples
โข Next Steps
Raised Inlets
3. Low Impact Development / Green infrastructure
โ "LID is an approach to land development (or re-development)
that works with nature to manage stormwater as close to its
source as possible. LID employs principles such as preserving
and recreating natural landscape features, minimizing effective
imperviousness to create functional and appealing site
drainage that treat stormwater as a resource rather than a
waste product. There are many practices that have been used
to adhere to these principles such as bioretention facilities,
rain gardens, vegetated rooftops, rain barrels, and permeable
pavements. By implementing LID principles and practices,
water can be managed in a way that reduces the impact of
built areas and promotes the natural movement of water
within an ecosystem or watershed."
4. Low Impact Development / Green infrastructure
โข Design Features that:
โ Increase system storage
โ Reduce runoff rates
โ Reduce runoff volumes
โ Increase nutrient removal
โข All of which increase retention
and ultimately infiltration
โข Bottom Line, Healthier
Environment = Healthier River
5. 5
โข Minimize clearing (especially along site
perimeters) and Less Turf
โข Stream buffers = 100-yr floodplain (structures
out of 100-yr footprint)
โข Maintain 100-Year floodplain storage
โ No net loss in concert with floodway
protection
โข Promote infiltration where possible (Water
Your Plants)
โ 0.25 to 0.5 inches in landscape
areas/swales, rain gardens, cisterns
Green, Low Impact Development Components
6. Examples of Low Impact Development (LID)
Considerations in Jacksonville
โข Master Stormwater Management
Plan (MSMP) 1992
โ Floodplain and floodway protection
โ Volume-time detention
โ Stormwater project components
โข City of Jacksonville LID Manual
โข Kennedy Community Center
โข Wurn and Fletcher Morgan Parks
study
โข Valens Drive study
7. City of Jacksonville LID Manual Focuses on
Right-of-Way LID Applications
โข Conveyance and landscape swales
โข Bioretention
โข Pervious pavement
8. Benefits of LID Practices
โข Water quality
โ Pollutant loads are reduced in proportion to runoff volume
reduction
โ Reduced size requirement for ponds with LID in tributary area
โ Improved water quality and lower temperature discharges
โข Water quantity
โ Increased groundwater infiltration, recharge, and baseflow
โ May result in reduced pipe sizes and storage volume
requirement for pond with LID in tributary area
โ Reduced discharge volumes
โ Reductions in potable water supply use by landscape irrigation
9. Evaluation of Runoff Control Practices
โข Goal: reasonable water budget and seasonal water table
representation
โข Long-term H&H and water quality simulations using SWMM5
โ Pre-development (runoff, groundwater) for undeveloped
(pervious) land
โ Post-development: impervious land (e.g., roadway, parking lot)
routed to LID feature
โ Determine average annual % runoff capture
10. SWMM5 โ Undeveloped Area
โข Long-term simulations
using SWMM5
โ Surface runoff
hydrologic parameters
based on
MSMP modeling
โ Added groundwater
parameter values for
calculation
of baseflow
โ Target: Rainfall
converted to roughly
30% streamflow, 70% ET
12. SWMM5 โ Developed Area
โข Long-term simulation with impervious area runoff routed to
LID feature
โ Various ratios of impervious tributary area to LID surface area
โ Typical design characteristics for LID feature (e.g., bioretention
ponding depth and planting media depth)
โข Goal: determine runoff capture efficiency based on LID
storage/treatment volume
13. SWMM5 โ Model Shows Higher Local Water
Table After Development with LID
10.0
10.5
11.0
11.5
12.0
12.5
13.0
13.5
MonthlyAverageWaterTableElevation(ft)
Post with LID
Pre
14. Results Based on Storage Volume and Depth to
Seasonal High Water Table
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
0.25 0.5 0.75 1 1.25 1.5 1.75 2 2.25 2.5 2.75 3 3.25 3.5 3.75 4 4.25
Long-TermPercentRunoffCapture
Storage over Effective Impervious Area (inches)
24-inch
18-inch
12-inch
BMPTRAINS NDCIA CN = 98
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table:
15. โข Minimize clearing
โข Minimize directly connected impervious area (DCIA) and send
flow to pervious and landscape areas
โ Courtyard driveways
โ Center-crowned driveways
โ Rooftops and roof gutters
โ Pervious Pavement
โข Sheet flow spreaders
from paved areas
โข Cisterns, swales, and ponds for runoff harvesting
Potential Site Level LID Components
16. 16
LID Examples - Landscape Designs Minimize Clearing
With Shrub Berms and Buffers โ Minimizing DCIA
19. 19
Rear Yard Buffers Provide Stream Protection, Storage,
Wildlife Habitat, and Privacy
20. Other Potential LID Practices
โข Reduced roadway widths
โข Filter strips
โข Curb extensions
โข Landscaping planter boxes
Graphics?
21. Example Studies in Jacksonville
โข Wurn and Fletcher Morgan Parks
โ Opportunity for stormwater irrigation from existing ponds
โ In tributary area to impaired waters (Pottsburg Creek, Lower St.
Johns River)
โข Valens Drive
โ Known area of nuisance flooding
โ In tributary area to impaired waters (Pottsburg Creek, Lower St.
Johns River)
โข Evaluation Aspects
โ Benefits (e.g., increased infiltration and recharge, volume and
load reduction, peak stages reduced, potable water use
reduction)
โ Costs
27. Stormwater
Irrigation
ROI
Item Units Unit Cost Quantity Total Cost
Captial Costs
1. Horizontal Well
1a. Mobilization and Site Prep. (5% of construction cost, 1b - 4) EA 4,347$ 2 8,693$
1b. Dewatering EA 9,000$ 2 18,000$
1c. Excavation CY 7$ 1,040 7,280$
1d. 6" Perforated PVC Pipe LF 10$ 300 3,000$
1e. Gravel TN 80$ 80 6,400$
1f. Geotextile SY 3$ 272 816$
1f. Sod SY 4$ 800 3,200$
2. Pond Reshaping
1 CY 7$ 3,748 26,236$
3. Covered Pump Station EA 8,000$ 2 16,000$
4. Irrigation Automated Control System EA 3,000$ 2 6,000$
Subtotal 1 - Capital Costs 95,625$
Contingency (30%) 28,688$
Subtotal 2 - (Capital Costs + 30% Contingency) 124,313$
Feasibility Study 9,630$
Data Development 29,394$
Design and Permitting 64,504$
Construction Services 10,699$
Subtotal 3 - Development Cost (Subtotal 2 + Design Services) 238,540$
Annual Operations & Maintenance Cost
5. Horizontal Well LS 1,500$ 2 3,000$
6. Pump Station LS 2,500$ 2 5,000$
Annual Potable Water Savings
7. Annual Water Savings (deducted)
2 kgal (4.33)$ 1,936 (8,385)$
Annual Water Qualilty Value Savings
8. Annual Total Nitrogen Worth (deducted)
3 MT (1,000,000)$ 0.026 (26,000)$
Subtotal 4 - Total Annual Savings (5, 6, 7 & 8 in 2013 dollars) (26,385)$
9.0
1. Assume 4 feet of excavation required for each pond (i.e., wet excavation).
2. JEA rates are $3.86/kgal for commercial irrigation + $0.37/kgal environmental fee = $4.33/kgal; quantity based on weekly
irrigation schedules provided by COJ Parks and Recreation Department for an assumed 5 month irrigation season, and
calculated irrigation demand met though harvesting of 35% for Fletcher Park and 57% for Wurn Park.
3. Based on conceptual worth of total nitrogen (TN) for water quality trading planning ($1M/metric ton TN)
Design Services
Years to Recover Investment (subtotal 3 / subtotal 4, in 2013 dollars)
9 years
42. City of Jacksonville โ Valens LID Next Steps
โข Complete Construction
โข Move forward with
implementation of a water
quality monitoring plan
โข Perform annual O&M
โข Expand the LID coverage
43. Special Thanks to
Bill Joyce, P.E., John Pappas, P.E., Dave Hahn, P.E.,
Tom Fallin, P.E., Councilman Wilsonโs office,
Jones Edmunds & Associates
Bill Joyce, P.E., John Pappas, P.E., Dave Hahn, P.E.,
Tom Fallin, P.E., Councilman Wilsonโs office,
Jones Edmunds & Associates
44. LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT COUPLED
WITH FLOOD MITIGATION
April 20, 2016
Richard Wagner, P.E.,
D.WRE
Seth Nehrke, P.E., D.WRE
Florida Public Works Expo
APWA Florida Chapter
Conference and Exposition