1 The spring 2014 Myra Kraft Open Classroom Water: Challenge of Extremes Every Wednesday, 6pm – 8pm January 8 through April 9 West Village F, Room 20 Northeastern.

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1 The spring 2014 Myra Kraft Open Classroom Water: Challenge of Extremes Every Wednesday, 6pm – 8pm January 8 through April 9 West Village F, Room 20 Northeastern University School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs

School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs | Northeastern University “Innovations in Urban Water Management” Featured Guests: This week (March 12, 2014) Thomas Brady Conservation Administrator, Conservation Commission, Town of Brookline Kate Bowditch Director, Projects, Charles River Watershed Association; Chair, Conservation Commissioner, Town of Brookline

Myra Kraft Open Classroom series "Water: A Challenge of Extremes." Green Infrastructure: Natural Hydrologic Processes in an Urban Environment Kate Bowditch Director of Projects

Introduction to the CRWA and the Charles River Green Infrastructure –Definitions –Historical precedents –Opportunities in the Charles River watershed Landscape scale Subwatershed scale Street scale

Environmental Science and Advocacy Organization founded in 1965 Mission: To use science, advocacy, planning and the law to protect, preserve and enhance the Charles River and its watershed Interdisciplinary staff, including engineers, scientists and planners More than 3,600 volunteers each year Charles River Watershed Association

Charles River: Winner 2011 International River Prize

Charles River Watershed 80 miles 20 dams Mean annual flow ~ 370 cfs 308 mi 2 35 towns Over 1 million residents

Green Infrastructure

Bioswale, Community Rowing, Soldiers Field Road

Sidewalk stormwater planters

Infiltration trenches

Porous pavers in parking lane

Green Infrastructure precedents in the Charles River Watershed Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace US Army Corps of Engineers Natural Valley Storage Area

Source: Emerald Necklace Conservancy

Photos courtesy Emerald Necklace Conservancy The Emerald Necklace: A ‘Synthetic Landscape’

US Army Corps of Engineers Charles River Natural Valley Storage Project 1938 Flood, Boston, MA

New Charles River Dam Completed diesel powered pumps 3 locks fish ladder

Charles River Natural Valley Storage Project 8,500 acres of wetlands protected in 17 discreet project areas 50,000 acre-feet of flood storage (similar to a New England flood storage reservoir) Cost a fraction of dams and dikes, and added tremendous additional benefits in habitat, water quality and recreation

Opportunities for Green Infrastructure in the Charles River Watershed Landscape scale Subwatershed scale Street scale

Allston Creek subwatershed

Source: Gretchen Hooker Source: Vladimir Novotny, Northeastern University

Chelsea Creek Sub-watershed

Kate Bowditch Charles River Watershed Association 190 Park Road, Weston, MA Thank You

School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs | Northeastern University Thomas Brady Conservation Administrator, Conservation Commission, Town of Brookline Kate Bowditch Director, Projects, Charles River Watershed Association; Chair, Conservation Commissioner, Town of Brookline Any Questions? The spring 2014 Myra Kraft Open Classroom lecture series March 12, 2014 – “Innovations in Urban Water Management”

School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs | Northeastern University “Storms and Hazards” Featured Guests: Next week (March 19, 2014) Ken Nowak, PhD Hydrolic Engineer, Boulder Canyon Operations Office, Lower Colorado Region, Bureau of Reclamation Laurens van der Tak, PE, D.WRE Vice President, Principal Water Resources Engineer, Water Business Group, CH2M Hill

37 The spring 2014 Myra Kraft Open Classroom Water: Challenge of Extremes Every Wednesday, 6pm – 8pm January 8 through April 13 West Village F, Room 20 Northeastern University School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs

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