Green Stormwater Infrastructure Resources in Detroit
The Detroit Stormwater Hub resources page is a collection of educational resources, stories, and tools designed to provide a comprehensive body of local information to support GSI work throughout Detroit. These resources were collected by the Advisory Group in an effort to provide reliable, accurate information on Green Stormwater Infrastructure.
The inclusion of any resource below is not an endorsement by DWSD or the of the City of Detroit. For official information on the Drainage Charge program, visit DWSD’s Drainage Charge page.
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RainScaping in Southeast Michigan Map
RainScaping in Southeast Michigan Map
An interactive map that records and displays residential rain gardens, rain barrels, pollinator gardens, newly planted trees and other rainscaping projects that capture and filter stormwater runoff in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties.
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- Friends of the Rouge
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https://therouge.org/rainscaping-map/
Detroit to install retention sites to prevent street flooding, basement backups
Detroit to install retention sites to prevent street flooding, basement backups
Detroit aims to curb street flooding and basement backups in its west side Brightmoor neighborhood next year through a $3.4 million grant and capital improvement funding package. DWSD will install 24 bioretention gardens, which will affect 100 homes, designed to receive and treat runoff from rainfall or snowmelt from nearby streets. Construction is expected to begin and finish in 2024, pending City Council approval.
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https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2023/05/23/detroit-gree…
Water department proposes $3.4M initiative to reduce Detroit street flooding
Water department proposes $3.4M initiative to reduce Detroit street flooding
Detroit Water and Sewage Department said Tuesday it is seeking approval of a $3.4 million initiative to create bioretention areas in the city to reduce basement backups and street flooding that it hopes to complete by the end of 2024.
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https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2023/05/23/detroit-wa…
How small ponds are going to prevent flooding on Detroit’s west side
How small ponds are going to prevent flooding on Detroit’s west side
Detroit Water and Sewer Department is adding 24 bioretention gardens in the Brightmoor area to reduce flooding.
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https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/05/23/how-small-ponds-are-going-…
Detroit neighborhood benefitting from new drainage system aimed at stopping flooding in the area
Detroit neighborhood benefitting from new drainage system aimed at stopping flooding in the area
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department has brought some much-needed relief to a neighborhood in the area of Oakman Boulevard that has been prone to flooding. The relief has come in the form of the Oakman Boulevard Stormwater Project.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/detroit-neighborhood-benefitting-from-new-…
Detroit's 11 new bioretention gardens are solving city's flooding issues, water department says
Detroit's 11 new bioretention gardens are solving city's flooding issues, water department says
Detroit Water and Sewerage Department with its 11 new gardens built into the medians of neighborhood roads now have a place for all that rain to go.
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https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/detroits-11-new-bioretention-gardens-are-solvi…
New retention ponds on Detroit’s west side aim to keep basements dry
New retention ponds on Detroit’s west side aim to keep basements dry
The Oakman Bioretention Gardens are the first and only city stormwater project that includes surface and subsurface.
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https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/09/06/new-retention-ponds-on-det…
Upgrading Detroit’s Aging Water and Sewer Systems Is a Work in Progress
Upgrading Detroit’s Aging Water and Sewer Systems Is a Work in Progress
Detroit Water and Sewerage Department has been busy cleaning out combined sewers that contain waste and stormwater to build more capacity to help mitigate basement floodings. DWSD is making strides in upgrading the city’s sewer systems to address flooding issues due to heavy rain events through its Capital Improvement Program, a five-year, $500,000 plan.
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https://michiganchronicle.com/2023/10/28/upgrading-detroits-aging-water-and-sew…
CLEAR First Annual Symposium
CLEAR First Annual Symposium
Wayne State University's Center for Leadership in Environmental Awareness and Research (CLEAR) will hold its inaugural Annual Symposium to present new findings on maternal and infant health related to VOCs, and on new ways of detecting and monitoring VOCs in the environment and in people’s homes. Event will be held Tuesday April 4 9:00a.m. - 5:30p.m.ET, in-person and Zoom. Location:
Integrative Biosciences Center Seminar. For more information, contact Lara Treemore-Spears at 734-223-1224 or [email protected].
Integrative Biosciences Center Seminar. For more information, contact Lara Treemore-Spears at 734-223-1224 or [email protected].
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CLEAR webinar on EPA’s Superfund Program, VOCs and Vapor Intrusion
CLEAR webinar on EPA’s Superfund Program, VOCs and Vapor Intrusion
Wayne State University's Center for Leadership in Environmental Awareness and Research presents seminar on Thursday, March 23, 2023 from 1:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. via Zoom. The seminar will be on “EPA’s Superfund Program, VOCs and Vapor Intrusion,” to be presented by Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Nightingale, Federal On-Scene Coordinator at the United States Environmental Protection Agency. A Zoom meeting link will be emailed upon webinar registration. Cost: Free. Contact: Lara Treemore-Spears, 734-223-1224, [email protected]
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