Through a Water Resources Education Network (WREN) grant, Haverford Township Parks and Recreation Department received a grant to install a 1,400 square foot rain garden in the largest and most popular park in the Township. Continue reading
Tredyffrin Township’s Green Streets/Sidewalks incorporated several innovative stormwater management measures, also known as Best Management Practices (BMPs), which are designed to manage stormwater runoff produced by the installation of sidewalks, as well as manage some additional roadway runoff currently affecting the area. Continue reading
Shoemaker Green is a 3.75-acre site surrounded by two of the University of Pennsylvania’s most iconic athletic facilities, the Palestra and Franklin Field. Continue reading
The Stroud Water Research Moorhead Environmental Education Center, a LEED Platinum facility, was designed to “get the water right” by designing a system that would restore a natural (wooded) water balance to the site through an integrated rainwater management system. Continue reading
The Yeadon Borough Hall building is surrounded by parking lots and some landscaped areas, but constitutes 70% impervious surfaces. Continue reading
Construction of the treatment train began in the fall of 2011. The location of the treatment train is on the eastern side of the Saint Augustine Center (SAC) parking garage. Continue reading
The BMPs incorporated into the Warwick County Park Day-Use Area Improvements Project were needed in order to effectively manage the runoff contributed from construction of additional asphalt parking areas, a new pavilion and a new park office and administration building, as well as from the large drainage area surrounding the park. Continue reading
Construction of the infiltration trench began in the spring of 2004. The SCM was retrofitted into a small area between an academic building and a parking garage. Continue reading
URS Corporation designed a rain garden and infiltration trench and provided two workshops on behalf of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) as part of a competition for municipalities within the Wissahickon Creek Watershed. Continue reading
An adaptive reuse project, the building that now houses the Philadelphia Police Forensic Science Center was once the Mary Channing Wister School, attended by famous comedian Bill Cosby. Continue reading
The T-VSSI project team constructed three stormwater Infiltration Trenches at the Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust (PERT) within the Pennypack Creek Watershed, which spans a 12-municipality area, encompassing parts of Philadelphia, Montgomery, and Bucks counties. Continue reading
The University of Pennsylvania’s Morris Arboretum installed a porous pavement system in 1987 – one of the first examples of this type of BMP in the Philadelphia region. Continue reading
Before the establishment of Lower Mill Creek Garden, the lot was abandoned and in disrepair with fractured sidewalks and the concrete remnants of an apartment building. Continue reading
Herron Playground in South Philadelphia serves as an example of city collaboration and ingenuity, working in the interest of the environment and the public. Continue reading
Green Valleys Association’s (GVA) expansion of programs at Welkinweir and the addition of a brand new open air classroom prompted an increase in estate visitors. Continue reading