Welcome to the AWRA-PMAS
...providing a forum for discussion and exchange of information and ideas relative to water resources management issues specific to our metropolitan area.
Our Next Meeting is scheduled for
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Meeting location for February:
1515 Arch St., 18th Floor
Urban and Suburban Stormwater Best Management Practices
Antonio F. Federici, PWS, Sr. Ecologist, URS Corporation
and
Adam Krom, AICP, Planner, WRT/Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC
Suburban Stormwater Best Management Practices - Antonio F. Federici
Rain Garden Design Strategies & Lessons Learned
This presentation will detail the design, installation and post-construction condition of a functioning rain garden and infiltration trench which captures runoff from a public parking lot in Roslyn Park (Ambler, PA). Mr. Federici will also highlight other regional projects and some lessons learned through design and installation of these BMPs.
Urban Stormwater Best Management Practices - Adam Krom
Is another "Green Revolution" about to start - this time in our streets, parking lots, and roofscapes? Urban stormwater best managment practices continue to involve, and are now mergimg with urban design, architecture, and transportation in a holistic approach to "greening" the city. This presentation will focus on how green stormwater infrastructure in the urban realm can also create a much more livable and even properous city.
Our meetings are held the 3rd Thursday of each month, September through June. Please click on "Events" link to register for this meeting and to see a listing of future meeting dates and topics.
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