Resources
- Presentation describing plans for the Providence Stormwater Innovation Center at Roger Williams Park given at the April 16 GIC statewide meeting.
- Cost-Benefit Resources | Green Infrastructure | US EPA.
- (EPA: Reducing Urban Heat Islands: Compendium of Strategies Trees and Vegetation).
- Creating Healthy Communities, Healthy Homes, Healthy People: Initiating a Research Agenda on the Built Environment and Public Health
- The Narragansett Bay Commission CSO Abatement Project
- Runoff Still Threatens Water On Aquidneck Island
- Stormwater Management in the Rhode Island Coastal Zone
- Presentation by Jim Boyd, Coastal Policy Analyst at CRMC (2013)
- Regional and Municipal Stormwater Management: A Comprehensive Approach
- Report by Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic and the Environmental Policy Initiative, Harvard Law School (2014)
- Bay-Friendly Backyards
- Booklet by Save The Bay (2010)
- Rain Gardens
- Pamphlet by Audubon Society of Rhode Island
- How to Develop a Neighborhood Rain Garden
- How-To Guide by the Environmental Justice League
- Exploring Climate Change Resilience Strategies in Rhode Island Urban Under-served Communities
- Report by The Environment Council of Rhode Island (2012)
- Green Works for Climate Resilience: A Guide to Community Planning for Climate Change
- Guide by The National Wildlife Federation (2014)
- Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast (CCRUN) seminars
- The Domestic Garden — Its Contribution to Urban Green Infrastructure
- Drexel University Greening and Sustainability website
- Environmental Justice League of Rhode Island Urban Ponds and Stormwater Information
- EPA Greening America’s Capitals Program
- The EPA Stormwater Control Operation & Maintenance web pages have ordinance language specific to the maintenance of BMPs
- Green Works for Climate Resilience: A Guide to Community Planning for Climate Change (PDF)
- The LID Site Planning and Design Guidance for Communities has model ordinances specifically related to stormwater
- Municipal and Institutional Stormwater Coordinators
- Regional and Municipal Stormwater Management: A Comprehensive Approach (PDF)
- The RI Stormwater Design and Installation Standards Manual has a wide range of information about designing and installing stormwater management systems
- Rhody Native: Retail and Wholesale Sources for Native Plants
- RiverSmart Homes: Residential Stormwater Remediation (PDF)
- The State Innovation Exchange has sample ordinances, include stormwater management related ordinances
- Tools and Resources to Assist in Natural Hazard and Climate Change Planning in Coastal Communities (PDF)