Flooding leaves people feeling vulnerable as they assess stormwater inundation in their basements, streets, and neighborhoods and the associated risks of structural damage, mold, and mosquitoes. Such storms are getting worse. In recent decades, large rain events are more frequent, creating even more flooding across Illinois. Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) is an elegant solution to the flooding problem. It augments traditional gray infrastructure systems by capturing and infiltrating stormwater onsite, thereby alleviating flooding and improving water quality, while also providing multiple benefits to communities.
The toolkit will be online; website development is already funded elsewhere. The target audience includes a full range of interdisciplinary stormwater professionals and decision makers, including government officials, planners, engineers, managers; modelers, designers, landscape architects, watershed groups; and research teams involved in GSI studies and investment.