The Urban Street Stormwater Guide would not have been possible without the support of the Summit Foundation and Seattle Public Utilities. Many thanks especially to Darryl Young of the Summit Foundation and Shanti Colwell of Seattle Public Utilities. The project team owes tremendous thanks to all of the members of the steering committee, as well as contributors and representatives of partner organizations, who generously gave their time, expertise, and energy to the development of this guide. Thanks especially to Scott Struck and Brian Parsons of ASCE’s EWRI for their partnership and expertise.
Special thanks to Heather Boyer and the staff at Island Press for bringing this publication into print. Special thanks to Jake Hocker for his work to bring the Guide online.
Credits
Contributors
Shanti Colwell, PE, Seattle Public Utilities
Susan McLaughlin, Seattle Department of Transportation
Lacy Shelby, Minneapolis Department of Community Planning and Economic Development
Ariel Ben-Amos, Philadelphia Water Department
Consultant Team
Peg Staeheli, PLA, FASLA, LEED AP, MIG | SvR
Kathryn Gwilym, PE, LEED AP, MIG | SvR
Amalia Leighton, PE, AICP, MIG | SvR
Nathan Polanski, PE, MIG | SvR
Technical Review Team
Michelle Adams, PE, Meliora Environmental Design
Scott Struck, Ph.D., Geosyntec Consultants
Neil Weinstein, PE, Low Impact Development Center
Jason Wright, PE, Tetra Tech
Technical review conducted by American Society of Civil Engineers’ Environmental & Water Resources Institute: ASCE’s technical source for environmental and water-related issues. 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA www.asce.org
Partner Organizations
American Society of Civil Engineers
Island Press
Seattle Public Utilities
Summit Foundation
NACTO Project Team
Linda Bailey,
Executive Director
Corinne Kisner,
Director of Policy and Special Projects
Matthew Roe,
Director, Designing Cities Initiative
Aaron Villere,
Program Associate, Designing Cities Initiative
Alex Engel,
Senior Program Associate
Craig Toocheck,
Program Analyst/Designer, Designing Cities Initiative
NACTO Executive Board (as of publication date, 2017)
Seleta Reynolds, President
General Manager, Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Scott Kubly, Vice President
Director, Seattle Department of Transportation
Crissy Fanganello, Secretary
Director of Transportation for Public Works, City and County of Denver
Danny Pleasant, Treasurer
Director of Transportation, City of Charlotte
Joseph Barr, Affiliate Member Representative
Director, Traffic, Parking & Transportation, City of Cambridge
Janette Sadik-Khan, Chair
Principal, Bloomberg Associates
Project Steering Committee
Atlanta, GA
Andrew Walter, RLA, Atlanta Department of Public Works Cory Rayburn, CPESC, CFM, Atlanta Department of Watershed Management
Austin, TX
Tom Franke, EIT, Austin Watershed Protection Department
Burlington, VT
Megan Moir, Burlington Public Works Department
Cambridge, MA
Catherine Daly Woodbury, Cambridge Department of Public Works
Charlotte, NC
Johanna Quinn, Charlotte Department of Transportation
Chattanooga, TN
Mark Heinzer, PE, LEED AP, CPESC, CMS4S, City of Chattanooga
Greg Herold, Chattanooga Transportation Department
Cortney Geary, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Transportation Planning Organization
Chicago, IL
Hannah Higgins, ASLA, Chicago Department of Transportation
Dave Seglin, Chicago Department of Transportation
Denver, CO
Sarah Anderson, City and County of Denver Public Works Department
Holly Piza, PE, Urban Drainage and Flood Control District
Philadelphia, PA
Ariel Ben-Amos, Philadelphia Water Department
Elizabeth Anne Lutes, EIT, Philadelphia Water Department
Pittsburgh, PA
Katherine Camp, Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority
Joshua Lippert, Pittsburgh Department of City Planning
Megan Zeigler, Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority
Portland, OR
Nicole Blanchard, PE, Portland Bureau of Transportation
Ivy Dunlap, RLA, Portland Bureau of Environmental Services
Kate Hibschman, RLA, Portland Bureau of Environmental Services
San Diego, CA
Eric Mosolgo, San Diego Transportation and Storm Water Department
San Francisco, CA
Mike Adamow, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
John Dennis, PLA, San Francisco Department of Public Works
Robin Welter, RLA, San Francisco Department of Public Works
Salt Lake City, UT
Jason Draper, PE, CFM, Salt Lake City Public Utilities
Lani Kai Eggertsen-Goff, MS, AICP, Salt Lake City Department of Community and Neighborhoods, Engineering Division
Alexis Verson, Salt Lake City Department of Community and Neighborhoods, Transportation Division
San Jose, CA
Ralph Mize, City of San José
Seattle, WA
Shanti Colwell, PE, Seattle Public Utilities
Susan McLaughlin, Seattle Department of Transportation
Vancouver, WA
Jennifer Campos, Vancouver Community and Economic Development Department
Patrick Sweeney, City of Vancouver
Ventura, CA
Tom Mericle, PE, TE, Ventura Public Works Department
Washington, DC
Meredith Upchurch, District Department of Transportation
West Hollywood, CA
Robyn Eason, West Hollywood Community Development Department
Walter Davis, West Hollywood Community Development Department
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ISBN: 987-1-61091-812-1
Library of Congress Catalog Control Number:
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