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…

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-…

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…

Brightmoor Framework Plan

Brightmoor Framework Plan

The Planning and Development Department is working to develop a comprehensive neighborhood framework plan that includes the identification of vacant public land landscape, parks, housing redevelopment, economic development, utilization of public vacant land, and Green Stormwater Infrastructure strategies for the Brightmoor Framework Area.
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  • City of Detroit Planning Department
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https://detroitmi.gov/departments/planning-and-development-department/neighborh…

Neighborhood Strategy

Neighborhood Strategy

To support the vision for Greater Corktown, the City of Detroit has identified Critical Community Improvements and additional projects that will enhance public spaces, create safer and more accessible streets, increase resident access to services and community supports, and position Corktown to become one of the City’s most sustainable and resilient neighborhoods -- integrating green infrastructure and developing active landscapes within all proposed critical community improvements
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  • City of Detroit Planning Department
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https://detroitmi.gov/departments/housing-and-revitalization-department/choice-…