Name
Green Infrastructure for Flood Resilience: An Approach to Increase Institutional Adoption with Community Involvement in the DFW Metroplex
Date & Time
Thursday, August 31, 2023, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Fouad Jaber
Description
Green Stormwater infrastructure (GSI) has mainly been focused on water quality improvement as part of TMDL or Watershed Protection Plans implementation. Despite abundant scientific evidence of the effectiveness of GSI, its widespread adoption in municipalities has not occurred. Reasons for this lack of adoption mainly point to institutional failures to estimate the cost of GSI, plan and budget for maintenance and lack of community involvement in implementation decisions. Research and engagement activities to increase GSI adoption that are occurring in the DFW Metroplex will be presented. These include the development of a modeling methodology to identify undersized drainage networks and targeting these watersheds for GSI prioritization; the development of a manual to encourage municipalities to integrate GSI into Hazard mitigation plans; developing a “Green Asset Management” approach for sustainable maintenance and funding of GSI and roadmap to engage communities in selection and monitoring of GSI practices to inform city maintenance and implementation plans. The presentation will also address collaboration between academic institutions, water districts, council of governments, NGOs and civic groups that could increase the adoption of GSI. Most of these programs address transferability as well as scalability so that other communities can adopt the same approaches.
Location Name
Room D1
Full Address
Sheraton Dallas
400 Olive Street
Dallas, TX 75201
United States