Making Urban Trees Count: Documentation for Stormwater Performance-Based Credit
CREDITING FRAMEWORK PRODUCT #7 of Making Urban Trees Count: A Project to Demonstrate the Role of Urban Trees in Achieving Regulatory Compliance for Clean Water
This paper provides the documentation behind the Stormwater Performance-Based Credit.
The Center for Watershed Protection developed a national Stormwater Performance-Based Credit for tree planting. This method can be adopted by regulatory entities who wish to offer a scientifically defensible credit that encourages greater use of trees for meeting state (or local) stormwater management requirements. The credit quantifies an event-based reduction in runoff volume and nutrient and sediment loads associated with tree planting.
Authors
Center for Watershed Protection
Center for Watershed Protection
Date Published
December 2017
December 2017
Publisher
Center for Watershed Protection
Ellicott City, MD
Attachments and Links
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Resource Format
Model Project/Program
Model Project/Program
Sub-Topics
Stormwater Management, Planting, Best Management Practices (BMPs)
Stormwater Management, Planting, Best Management Practices (BMPs)
State(s)/Region(s)
Maryland
Maryland
Keywords
TMDL
TMDL
Indexed By
ufs - drh
ufs - drh
