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)