SUSTAINING OUR WATERSHEDS

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SUSTAINING OUR WATERSHEDS
TEMPLE-VILLANOVA SUSTAINABLE STORMWATER INITIATIVE
Temple University Center for Sustainable
Communities (CSC) Villanova Urban Stormwater
Partnership (VUSP) Presented By Jeffrey
Featherstone, Ph.D.
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INTRODUCTION

• Overview of T-VSSI Purpose, Partners, Funding
• Technical Program
• Outreach Program
• QA

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OVERVIEW

• Purpose
• Combine resources of two universities to form a
  larger, more powerful stormwater initiative
• Demonstrate the effectiveness of Stormwater Best
  Management Practices (BMPs)
• Foster improved stormwater management in
  Southeastern Pennsylvania

Villanova Bio-Infiltration Traffic Island
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OVERVIEW

• Partners
• Temple Universitys Center for Sustainable
  Communities
• Villanova Universitys Villanova Urban
  Stormwater Partnership
• Philadelphia Water Department Office of
  Watersheds
• Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust
• CULTEC, Inc.
• Subconsultant Derron LaBrake

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OVERVIEW
TEMPLE-VILLANOVA SUSTAINABLE STORMWATER INITIATIVE

• Interdisciplinary Approach
• Engineers
• Geologists
• Planners
• Landscape Architects
• Ecologists
• Horticulturists
• GIS Specialists

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OVERVIEW
TEMPLE-VILLANOVA SUSTAINABLE STORMWATER INITIATIVE
Temple students collecting GPS data

• Center for Sustainable Communities
• Established in 2000, the Center offers
  educational programs, conducts interdisciplinary
  research, and serves as a community resource to
  address issues of the environment and
  sustainability.
• Associated faculty come from various
  disciplines, including architecture, landscape
  architecture, horticulture, geology, geography,
  urban and suburban studies, planning, economics,
  and chemistry.

CSC GIS Studio
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OVERIVEW
TEMPLE-VILLANOVA SUSTAINABLE STORMWATER INITIATIVE

• Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership
• The mission of the VUSP is to advance the
  evolving comprehensive stormwater management
  field and to foster the development of public and
  private partnerships through
• Research on innovative BMPs,
• Directed Studies, and
• Technology Transfer and Education

Villanova Infiltration Trench
Villanova Stormwater Wetlands
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OVERVIEW
TEMPLE-VILLANOVA SUSTAINABLE STORMWATER INITIATIVE

• Funding
• William Penn Foundation 440,000
• Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
  Protection 212,000

Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust
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PROJECT OUTPUTS
TEMPLE-VILLANOVA SUSTAINABLE STORMWATER INITIATIVE

• Technical Program
• Pennypack Creek Watershed BMPs
• Wetland Restoration at Villanova University
• Standard Integrated Monitoring Plan
• Outreach Program
• Regional Survey of BMPs
• Advisory Committee
• Web-based Support Center
• Symposia, Workshops, and Tours

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM
TEMPLE-VILLANOVA SUSTAINABLE STORMWATER INITIATIVE

• Pennypack Creek Watershed BMPs at the Pennypack
  Ecological Restoration Trust
• Infiltration Galleries and Trenches
• Pond Extension - Upland Wetland
• Freshwater Wetland and Riparian Buffers
• Timeline
• Pre-construction Monitoring (Fall 2005)
• Planning, Design, and Construction (Spring
  Summer 2006)
• Post-construction Integrated Monitoring
  (Fall 2006 2007)

Pennypack Watershed