1. Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans
Public Works Committee
Award of Green Infrastructure Projects
July 1, 2014

2. Green Infrastructure - Definition
Use of natural process to infiltrate, evapotranspiration or reuse storm water or runoff where its generated
Multiple benefits
Reduction of storm water discharges
Mitigation of flooding
Rainwater harvesting
Reduced capital costs for storm water management

3. Rain Barrels to Disconnected Downspout

4. Slow it down, spread it out and soak it in
Rain Gardens
Slow it down, spread it out and soak it in
Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans

5. Tree Canopy
Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans

6. Permeable Paving
Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans

7. Green Roofs/Vegetated Walls
Rainfall infiltration & evapotranspiration

8. Bioswale/bioretention ponds
Vegetated swales that slow, infiltrate
and filter storm water

9. Green Infrastructure-RFP
RFP issued January 31, 2014
ATTN: Environmental Professionals, Non-Profit or Community Organizations
Type of Green Infrastructure Projects
Demonstration project on public lands
Educational curriculum for local schools
Workshops for educating professionals, commercial businesses, homeowners, neighborhoods
Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans

10. RFP Evaluation Criteria
30% Experience and qualifications
60% Adherence to Proposal Request
Project description
Team Experience
Plan/schedule for development, construction, operations and maintenance
Schedule to be completed within 18 months
Community Outreach
Breakdown of Proposal Budget ($100,000 or less)
10% Overall Evaluation
100%
Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans

11. RFP Evaluation Team City Recreation Dept. Jefferson Parish NORA
Orleans Levee District
Port of New Orleans
SWBNO
City of New Orleans
Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans

12. Project Awards Ripple Effect $75,000
La Urban Stormwater Coalition $100,000
Regional New Orleans Chapter
Lower9 Earth Lab $100,000
Greenkeepers $26,350
Land Trust Louisiana $82,750
$384,100
Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans

13. Future Green Infrastructure Projects
Bywater Neighborhood GI Project
Central City Neighborhood GI Project
Lower 9th Ward Neighborhood GI Project
Hanging Gardens - Rabouin Int’l High School GI Lab
Historic Faubourg Treme Association
Hollygrove Greenline (Tulane City Center)
Sankofa Community Development Corp.– Learning Trail
Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans

14. Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans
Re-Building the City’s Water Systems for the 21st Century