Trees and Stormwater Runoff (Green Stormwater Infrastructure)

This collection contains current information regarding trees (urban forests and street trees) and stormwater runoff mitigation at the site or neighborhood scale. Frequently referred to as green stormwater infrastructure (GSI).

Using Public Domain Software to Plan and Manage Stormwater Runoff

This presentation was given at the 2015 Georgia Association of Water Professionals Industrial Conference in Athens, GA March 18, 2015.

Green Infrastructure Opportunities that Arise During Municipal Operations

This document provides approaches local government officials and municipal program managers in small to midsize communities can use to incorporate green infrastructure components into work they are doing in public spaces. The guide demonstrates ways inwhich projects can be modified relatively ...

Coastal Stormwater Management Through Green Infrastructure - A Handbook for Municipalities

This manual provides resource managers with a proven approach to planning for green infrastructure implementation.

Nashville Low Impact Development Tour

Discover some of the ways that the Nashville community is conserving and protecting water resources through water-smart development.

Using Trees to Reduce Stormwater Runoff

Presentation developed by Center for Watershed Protection outlining the various ways trees can be used to mitigate stormwater runoff.

Green Infrastructure

The Environmental Protection Agency has an extensive website dedicated to Green Infrastructure including basics of GI, tools, case studies, research, and contacts.

Information for using trees as a BMP in the MIDS calculator

Discusses requirements and recommendations for using trees as a BMP in the MIDS calculator

MIDS (Minimal Impact Design Standards) Calculator

The calculator was developed to assist designers and regulators in determining conformance to the MIDS performance goals. The MIDS BMP calculator is a tool used to determine stormwater runoff volume and pollutant reduction capabilities of various low impact development (LID) BMPs.

Urban Runoff Pollutant Removal of Three Engineered Soils

Looks at pollutant removal for 3 common engineered soils. read more...

Minnesota's Stormwater Manual

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's stormwater manual wiki.

The Effects of Trees on Stormwater Runoff

This report summarizes the results of a literature review done for Seattle Public Utilities in 2008 of research conducted to quantify the effect of trees on stormwater runoff. read more...

Urban Forests in Florida: Trees Control Stormwater Runoff and Improve Water Quality

In this fact sheet we will show how individual trees and urban forest cover assist in maintaining our watershed health, improve water and soil quality, and lower maintenance and construction costs of water storage and treatment systems. read more...

Trees in Bioretention

This memorandum summarizes the available knowledge on the benefits and potential conflicts with trees in one specific type of stormwater management practice: bioretention. read more...

Green Infrastructure: Abstracts from Low Impact Development 2010

Presentation titles and abstracts from the 2010 conference: Redefining Water in The City, Proceedings of the 2010 International Low Impact Development Conference (San Francisco, California) read more...

Stormwater to Street Trees

This guide is an introduction to engineered stormwater systems that utilize trees to manage a volume of stormwater. read more...

Green Values Stormwater Toolbox

 

Urban Watershed Forestry Manual: Part 1

 

Urban Watershed Forestry Manual: Part 2

This manual is Part 2 of a three-part series on using trees to protect and restore urban watersheds. read more...