Storm water

Permeable crosswalks absorb water and snowmelt, while decreasing ice on the road.

August 6, 2018 - KHSB NBC

New York City's Green Roof Property Tax Abatement Program has failed to take off, but if it were targeted toward the areas that need stormwater infrastructure and green spaces the most, it could be made too big to ignore.

August 2, 2018 - Crain's New York Business

Chicago's Planning Department is putting eight city lots to work as "Stormwater Parks."

October 20, 2017 - Chicago Cityscape

In its enduring quest to slake its immense thirst, and protect its beautiful beaches, Los Angeles leaders are putting forth an ambitious proposal to solve two problems with one solution: make runoff drinkable.

April 9, 2013 - The New York Times

A grad student in our program at Ball State told me several months ago that he wanted to do his creative project (a thesis alternative) on “low impact development.” His particular interest was in what we called “natural drainage systems” when I worked with the planners and landscape architects at Rahenkamp, Sachs Wells in Philadelphia 30 years ago.  I told him that it was a great topic and suggested some contemporary and older resources, including an excellent 1975 publication by the Urban Land Institute entitled Residential Storm Water Management. I also told the student that the big issue with such systems is maintenance.

April 2, 2009 - Eric Damian Kelly