• Green infrastructure is a term that can encompass a wide array of specific practices, and a number of definitions exist (see the EPA's definition here). In our view: Green infrastructure is an approach to water management that protects, restores, or mimics the natural water cycle.
3. Green infrastructure is interconnected green
space net work population.
It includes natural areas and features, public
and private conservation lands, working lands
with conservation values and other protected
open spaces.
It is planned and managed for its natural
resources values and for the associated
benefits it confers to humans.
5. GreenPrint shows where Targeted Ecological Areas (TEAs) occur
and how the many programs within our State government work
together to protect our most ecologically valuable areas.
6. Right-of-way Boswells
Storm water Green streets
Green Roofs
Blue Roofs
Rain Gardens
Permeable Paving
Subsurface Detention
Cisterns and Rain Barrels
8. STORM WATER GREEN STREETS
Storm water Green streets are planted areas designed to collect
and manage storm water that runs off the streets and sidewalks.
13. SUBSURFACE DETENTION
Subsurface Detention Systems with infiltration capability provide
temporary storage of storm water runoff underground.
These systems have an open-bottom and can incorporate
perforated pipe and storm water chambers for added detention
volume.
Systems are primarily designed with a gravel bed that stores
water until it can infiltrate into the ground.
16. BENEFITS
Reduced and delayed storm water runoff volume
Enhanced groundwater recharge
Reduced storm water pollutants
Increased carbon sequestration
Urban heat island mitigation and reduced energy
demands
Improved air quality
Additional wildlife habitat and recreational space
Improved human health
Increased land values