Integration of Water Resource Planning into Stormwater Design

This presentation will discuss on-going efforts to coordinate stormwater management approaches with fish and wildlife mitigation strategies to open the door for more natural, cost-effective mitigation approaches in an ultra-urban highway improvement. These approaches can be realized through improved interaction, collaboration, and communication between scientists, engineers, and policy makers. It also relies on more focused technical analyses and effective communication of results to stakeholders. The principles are simple: identify the most cost-effective strategies for stormwater management, water quality improvement, and stream habitat mitigation; recognize the opportunities that regional growth can provide for funding infrastructure improvements; and identify stakeholders who have the potential to directly gain through participation. The effort can result in an integrated resource management strategy, not from a menu of BMPs but custom fit to the specific character and needs of a basin, to protect and restore habit while meeting the stormwater management goals for the basin.