Onondaga County's Green Infrastructure "Project 50" Construction - presented to New York State Association of Transportation Engineers Conference on May 24, 2012
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Project 50 Construction - NYSATE 2012
1. Onondaga County’s Green
Infrastructure “Project 50”
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Construction
Joanne M. Mahoney, County Executive
Joanne M Mahoney County Executive
Onondaga Lake Amended Consent Judgment (ACJ) Compliance Program
NYSATE Conference
May 24, 2012
Brian J. Donnelly, Commissioner
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Onondaga County Department of Transportation
Matthew Marko, P.E., BCEE, F.ASCE
Vice President, CH2M HILL
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Onondaga County,
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New York Onondaga Lake
Onondaga Creek
• 7,660 acres
• 49 CSOs
• ~1 Billion gallons/year CSO Harbor Brook
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• 1988 – Atlantic States Legal Foundation
History
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files lawsuit against County
• 1989 – Litigation settled through
METRO consent judgment Onondaga Lake Facts
• 1998 – METRO consent judgment
replaced with Amended Consent Watershed: 285 Square Miles
Judgment (ACJ)
1 Mile Wide – 4.6 Miles Long
• 1st ACJ amendment May 1998
• 2006 ACJ Amended to include Average Depth: 35 feet
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consolidation of ammonia and
phosphorus treatment and Harbor Max Depth: 63 feet
Brook conveyances and RTF
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1940 – Swimming Banned
• 3rd Amendment April 2008 (Extension)
• 2009 ACJ amended to authorize use of 1970 – Fishing Banned
Gray and Green infrastructure
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ACJ Amendment Authorized a
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Balanced Approach to CSO Abatement
Regulatory Goals Community Impacts/Goals
• Capture and Treat 95% of the • Improve quality of life through
Annual CSO Volume via environmental responsibility
Gray & Green Infrastructure • Promote sustainability
• Achieve water quality • Ensure cost effectiveness in
standards in tributaries compliance with ACJ milestones
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and lake • Community revitalization
Major Milestones
• 89.5% capture/elimination by 12/31/2013
• 95% capture/elimination by 12/31/2018
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5. County Executive Mahoney Announces “Project 50!”
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“Onondaga County will construct fifty distinct green
infrastructure projects to return rain water and snow
melt to the ground instead of our sewer system.”
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Joanne M. Mahoney, State of the County Address,
March 1, 2011
Syracuse
becomes one
of ten Green
Cities
Paradigm shifts from
planning to construction
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Need Increases with Approval of 4th Stipulation
• Green Infrastructure (GI) is an emerging technology and
mostly new to Onondaga County Departments
▫ Need for a trusted advisor on program implementation
▫DDepartment can focus on existing operations, and Gray
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Program projects, while learning to integrate with GI
• Role of the Green Program Manager
Role of the Green Program Manager
▫ Develop strategy that meets ACJ milestones
▫ Provide GI expertise on applications, design standards,
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construction, and maintenance
▫ Prioritize opportunities based on diverse, dynamic factors
▫ Transition to a fully County operated GI Program by 2018
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Civic Strip
War Memorial
Cistern Reuse System
13. War Memorial Cistern Reuse System
Reusing rainwater appears to allow the ice making to occur one to two degrees
warmer than using potable water resulting in energy savings
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First Commercial Green Street: Harrison Street 14
BEFORE: Stormwater enters catch AFTER: Stormwater is diverted to
basins and is directly connected to Green Streets and only overflows to
sewer sewer when necessary
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OnCenter Surface Parking Lot: 290 green spaces
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GI Technology:
Perimeter porous
asphalt and tree
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infiltration trench
Project Owner:
County
Capture Area:
34, q
134,000 square feet
Runoff Reduction:
2,360,000 gallons/year
Construction Cost:
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$812,000 (bid)
$/gallon: $0.48
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OnCenter Municipal Parking Garage 19
GI Technology:
Roof leaders to rain
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gardens
Project Owner:
County
Capture Area:
7 ,5
72,500 square feet
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Runoff Reduction:
1,277,000 gallons/year
Construction Cost:
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$234,000 (bid)
$/gallon: $0.26
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OnCenter
Municipal Parking
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Garage
Bio-Infiltration
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Before
Townsend Parking Lot (“Lot B”)
and Townsend Median
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Vegetated Infiltration Beds,
90 Trees Planted
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Project 50!
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Beyond the Civic Strip:
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Green Streets
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Linking with Major Transportation
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Reconstruction Creates Green Progress
Phase 1: Contracts 1 and 2
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Image – Barton & Loguidice
34. Rosamond Gifford Zoo
Elephant Exhibit, 2011
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GI Technology:
6,000 sq.ft. Green roof
Green Roof Project Owner:
County
Capture Area:
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6,000 square feet
pavement, Runoff Reduction:
and rain 114,000 gallons/year
barrels for
stormwater Construction Cost:
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reuse $183,900
$/gallon: $2.27
35. Creekwalk Project Greening: Jefferson to Walton
Porous Asphalt
Strip in Parking Lot
Before
Bioretention
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Rain Garden
Flexi-pave
Flexi pave
Porous Walkway
Porous Asphalt Volume capture: 135,000 gallons/year
Parking Lot
36. Creekwalk Project Greening: Walton to Fayette
Porous Concrete
Porous Asphalt
Strip in
Parking Lot
Before
Re-established
Natural Stream Bank
Volume capture: 119,000 gallons/year
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Rosamond Gifford Zoo Entrance Enhancement 37
•GI Technology:
Rain gardens
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•Project Owner:
County/City
•Capture Area:
39,000 square feet
•Run off Reduction
•Run‐off Reduction:
680,000 gallons/year
•Construction Cost:
$300,000 (bid)
•$/gallon: $0.62
Green Infrastructure Concept for the Zoo Entrance
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Rosamond Gifford Zoo Entrance Enhancement 38
Bio-infiltration
Systems
capture
runoff from
surrounding
streets
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Project 50!
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Green Parking Lots
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Sunnycrest Park Arena Parking Lot 42
GI Technology:
Porous pavement
Rain garden
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Project Owner:
Syracuse Parks
Dept.
Capture Area:
7, q
107,000 square feet
Run‐off Reduction:
1,876,000
gallons/year
Construction Cost:
$303,000 (bid)
Map of Proposed Sunnycrest Arena Parking Lot Project $/gallon: $0.22
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Combination of
bio-retention,
bio retention
porous
asphalt, and
subsurface
storage and
infiltration
systems
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Sunnycrest Park Golf Parking Lot
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•GI Technology:
Stream Inflow Removal
Rain garden
Pavement Removal
•Project Owner:
City of Syracuse Parks Dept.
City of Syracuse Parks Dept
•Capture Area:
48,000 square feet
•Run‐off Reduction:
843,000 gallons/yr
Construction Cost:
•Construction Cost:
$363,000 (bid)
•$/gallon: $0.52
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Sunnycrest Park Golf Parking Lot
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Bio-retention
Bio retention and
Infiltration System
(Standard Asphalt
Parking Lot re-graded)
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Project 50: Shifting the Paradigm
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Planning for Widespread Implementation of GI
Planning for Widespread Implementation of GI
▫ Opportunity/Idea Coordination
New Project Form
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Database and GIS Management
Projects include: Parking Lots, Parking Garages, Schools,
Libraries, Parks, Firehouses, Post Offices, Streets (commercial
Lib i P k Fi h P t Offi St t ( i l
and residential), Water Reuse, Wetlands, Roofs, Vacant Lots
▫ Concept Development
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Site Visit, watershed identification, BMP Identification
Calculator (capture and preliminary cost estimate)
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Project 50: Shifting the Paradigm
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Planning for Widespread Implementation of GI
Planning for Widespread Implementation of GI
▫ Landowner Endorsement
Bi‐weekly City‐County Coordination Meeting
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(if you think you can do this without a lot of coordination and
meetings ‐ you can not)
▫ Field Work and Permitting
Field Work and Permitting
Survey (including utility identification)
Soils Testing (infiltration)
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Environmental Analysis (Phase 1, Analytic Testing, etc.)
SERP (SEQR, SHPO, SWPPP/NEPA/Landmark Preservation, etc.)
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Project 50: Shifting the Paradigm
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Designing 50+ Projects
▫ 50% Plans
Design Guidance Manual
Design Workflow (flow chart)
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▫ 90% Plans and Specifications
▫ Final (for Construction) Plans Specifications and Bid Forms
Final (for Construction) Plans, Specifications, and Bid Forms
Comment Adjudication/
Quality Assurance
▫ Cost Estimating
At Concept and 90%
▫ D i C di ti
Design Coordination
WEEKLY Design and Construction Review Meeting
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East Water Street Gateway: Case Study 50
Project Features:
▫ Bike Boulevard
▫ Traffic Calming
▫ Private/Commercial collaboration
▫ Porous Paver Parking Lanes
▫ Curb Extensions
▫ Robust Tree Planter systems
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• Challenges Include:
▫ Capturing 1 or more of stormwater runoff
Capturing 1” or more of stormwater runoff
▫ Mid‐street pedestrian crossing
▫ Snow plow considerations
Snow plow considerations
▫ Turning radii for tractor trailers
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Water Street Gateway Project Concept
GI Technology:
Infiltration trench
and porous pavers
Project Owner:
City of Syracuse
Capture Area:
53,000 square feet
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Runoff Reduction:
924,000 gallons/yr
Construction Cost:
$920,000 (bid)
$/gallon: $1.00
$/gallon: $1 00
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Project 50: Shifting the Paradigm
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• Procurement
▫ Contract Documents: Bundling projects as appropriate
▫ Advertisement: Pre‐Bid Meeting, Addendum, Bid
• Construction
▫ Services During Construction
Clarifications, RFIs, Modifications, Change Orders, etc.
▫ Construction Inspection
PrimaVera Construction Manager
Construction Manager
▫ Project Completion Reports
$/gallon accounting
Post‐project communication on challenges/successes
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Other Program Elements
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• Legislative Agenda
▫ Existing City Ordinances (Stormwater, Tree, Sidewalk)
▫ New and Innovative City Ordinances: Permission
• Enhanced Street Tree Program: 8500 new street trees
• Rain Barrel Program: 650 and counting (Goal: 3600)
• Vacant Lot Program
• Grant Funding: Federal/State successes
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• Green Improvement Fund: Onondaga County’s
Public‐Private‐Partnership for Incentivizing GI
▫ Grants up to $200,000
57. GIF: Porous Pavers at Hotel Skyler
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Porous
Paver
Parking
Lot
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Public Education and Outreach 58
• STR Website: www.SaveTheRain.us
• Monthly Report: for ACJ Parties County Legislature
Monthly Report: for ACJ Parties, County Legislature
• Coalition Partners / Stakeholders
City of Syracuse (DPW, Engineering, Law, School District,
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Parks, Zoning, Codes, etc.)
ACJ Parties (NYS DEC, ASLF): Policy Committee
Academic Community (SU SUNY ESF)
Academic Community (SU, SUNY ESF)
Community Groups / NFPs
Business Community, Large Landowners (hospitals)
General Public
Manufacturers / Vendors / Suppliers
Engineering Community
Engineering Community
Construction Community (M/WBEs), Bidders Wanted!
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Maintenance
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• Asset Management
▫ Asset Definition: Location,
quantity, etc.
▫ Standard Maintenance
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Procedures (SMPs)
▫ Computerized Maintenance
Computerized Maintenance
Management System
(Maximo)
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Case S d
C Study:
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City Lot #3
Project Description
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provides overview
of constructed GI
for field crew
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Maximo as CMMS tool for WEP Green
Infrastructure Program
• Work orders include:
▫ Maintenance activities/step by step directions
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▫ Tools/equipment (including costs)
▫ Planned time to complete
Planned time to complete
▫ Actual maintenance info is loaded back into
Maximo after completion
Maximo after completion
• Example maintenance task for E‐06 Porous
Pavement Vacuuming follows…
Pavement Vacuuming follows
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Measuring Progress: Monitoring 65
• ACJ Compliance
▫ Annual Report: April
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SWMM : Volume Capture
Goal: 246 MG/Yr by 2018
Goal: 246 MG/Yr by 2018
Ambient Monitoring Program
(AMP): Water Quality
Goal: Wet Weather Standards
• Net Environmental Benefit Analysis
• Funding Sources and Financial Tracking
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Save the Rain: 2012
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• Focus on Efficiency over Quantity
▫ Improved Constructability
▫ Lower Maintenance
• Unit Price ‐ Quantity Based
Construction Procurements
▫ Civil Site Work Contract
▫ Landscape Installation and Maintenance Contract
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Post‐Warranty Maintenance Contract, conducted by
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Conservation Corps (Community Based Green Jobs)
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Green I f
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• Water rich and
sensitive watersheds!
• Onondaga Lake
watershed covers
about 45% of
Onondaga County
• County Executive
mandate to reduce
stormwater runoff
county wide is
focused on i
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water quality
• Incentives such as
Save th R i
S the Rain
suburban grant
program and new
Department policies
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69. OCDOT Infrastructure
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▫ Road Types
from Rural Local Roads
Roads…
to Urban Principal Arterials
▫ Green Infrastructure Plan
Application vs. Opportunity
Moving away from simply draining
road bases and getting runoff to
waterways as quickly as possible
(in the interest of Water Quality)
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• OCDOT has
historically complied
with NYS DEC
requirements,
however we are now
actively looking for
opportunities to
exceed expectations
• OCDOT in process of
developing our own
Green Infrastructure
Program
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▫ Maintenance Operations
Limit Ground Disturbance
Preserve Sensitive Buffer areas
Timely Seed / Mulch Application
Reduce Roadway Width “sprawl”
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OCDOT Green Infrastructure Plan 72
▫ Capital Improvements (Design and Construction)
Developing Green Details
RFP for Engineering Services
Streamline Design Process
Projects subject to “Green Screen”
Site Constraints
BBenefit / Cost Ratio
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Green Practices
Dry Swales
Infiltration Trench
Bio-Retention
Porous Pavement
73. OCDOT Green Infrastructure Plan
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OCDOT -1st NYSDOT Approved Specification for
Porous Portland Cement Concrete !
• Item No. 502.010700OD
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• Use on LAFA Projects
• Available to all Project Sponsors
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• Similar in Color, Rough Texture Compared to traditional
Concrete
• Helpful Site:
www.perviouspavement.org
• Now Available:
Precast Porous Concrete
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East Water Street
Pavement Removal Project
Syracuse, NY
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▫ Old Route 5 Improvement Project
(West Genesee Street, Camillus, New York)
Porous Concrete Sidewalk
Up to 2,900,000 Gallons Captured Annually
Project Limit
Onondaga Road/ West
Genesee Street
Project Limit
Munro Road/ West
Genesee Street
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References & Additional Information 76
www.savetherain.us/green-infrastructure/porous-pavement/formation
• Stormwater Management with Porous Pavements, written by Tom
Cahill, Michele Adams, and Courtney Marm, in the March-April 2005 issue of
Government Engineering.
• Pavements that are Stormwater Management Friendly: Porous
Asphalt with Infiltration Beds, written by Tom Cahill, Michele Adams,
and Kent Hanson, in the September 2004 issue of Land Development Today
• P
Porous A h lt P
Asphalt Pavements, National Asphalt Pavement Association
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Information Series 131
• Stormwater Design and Sustainable Development, contributions
from Tom Cahill, President of Cahill Associates, in the Nov/Dec 2003 issue of
Cahill Associates
Stormwater Magazine.
• Porous Asphalt: The Right Choice for Porous Pavements, written by
Tom Cahill, Michele Adams with assistance from Courtney Marm, all of Cahill
Associates, in the Sep/Oct 2003 issue of Hot Mix Asphalt Technology - the
journal of the National Asphalt Pavement Association.
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References & Additional Information 77
• Porous Pavements, 577-page book by Bruce Ferguson, 2005
• Porous Asphalt Pavement with Recharge Beds: 20 Years and
Still Working, written by one of our principal engineers, Michele
Adams, in the May/June 2003 issue of Stormwater Magazine.
• Thi ki Green with Porous A h l , written by Dan Brown, with
Thinking G i hP Asphalt
contributions by Wesley Horner, principal planner with Cahill Associates,
in the May/June 2003 issue of Hot Mix Asphalt Technology - the journal
of the National Asphalt Pavement Association.
• Porous paving, green roofs can ease impact of development
on water supplies, written by Bill Bergstrom, Associated Press, with
input from Tom Cahill, for the June 14, 2002 issue of Environmental
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News Network.
• Pennsylvania's Stormwater Best Management Practices
Manual, PA Department of Environmental Protection, 2006
• Michigan Low Impact Development Manual, SEMCOG, 2008
78. Thank You!
Please Visit us at
www.SaveTheRain.us
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BrianDonnelly@ongov.net
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315-435-3176
79. Q1: What is more important – Green or Gray infrastructure?
Q2: What amount of rainfall is the Save the Rain program targeting: 1”, 2”, 10”?
Q3: Does poor infiltration mean GI is not feasible?
Q4: How many gallons does Onondaga County need to capture annually, with
its GI program?
Assessment in Learning Questions
80. Q1: What is more important – Green or Gray infrastructure?
A1: Both play an important role in successful mitigation of stormwater.
Q2: What amount of rainfall is the Save the Rain program targeting: 1”, 2”, 10”?
1 2 10 ?
A1: 1 inch
Q3: Does poor infiltration mean GI is not feasible?
A3: No, solutions are available that retain and evapo-transpirate the volume we
are trying to mitigate.
Q4: How many gallons does Onondaga County need to capture annually, with
its GI program?
A4: 246 Million Gallons!
Assessment in Learning Questions
