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Just When We Were Getting It Right: Stormwater Management for the 21st Century in the Pacific Northwest

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Title Just When We Were Getting It Right: Stormwater Management for the 21st Century in the Pacific Northwest
 
Creator Booth, Derek
 
Subject stormwater management
bioretention areas
green roofs
urban runoff
water management
urban development
sustainable communities
global warming
water supply
watershed hydrology
water policy
water
 
Description Booth will review development in the Puget Sound region. He will ask: have landscape-scale changes resulted in a landscape-scale of mitigation? The answer: not exactly. Mainly, we use end-of-pipe detention systems. Even with water detention, hydrograph changes and their consequences are still significant. Booth will present some low-impact alternatives, such as rain gardens, bioretention swales, green roofs, and permeable pavements. Booth will conclude by reviewing the current global warming...
Stillwater Sciences, Inc.
 
Publisher University of Washington Water Center
 
Date 2011-06-13T23:20:47Z
2011-06-13T23:20:47Z
2007-02-14
 
Type Presentation
Recording, oral
 
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1773/16583
 
Language en_US
 
Relation 2007 Annual Review of Research;Booth
 
Institute of Museum and Library Services National Endowment for the Humanities Greater Western Library Alliance