Sustainable Stormwater Resources

Virginia Stormwater Management Regulations

• An Update on the Changing Stormwater Regulations and What it Means to You - Presented to NVBIA on February 19, 2014

• Fairfax County Stormwater Management Ordinance (Code Chapter 124) and VPDES construction general permit coverage - New Resources

• Moving Forward: The Virginia Stormwater Management Regulations, TMDLs, Impaired Waters and SWPPPs- February 21, 2013

• New State Water Control Law Sections - Effective July 1, 2014

• Virginia Stormwater Management Regulations - Effective September 13, 2011

• Virginia Runoff Reduction Spreadsheet and Associated Documents

• Virginia Stormwater BMP Clearinghouse

General Design and Innovation

• Real-Time Control Algorithm for Enhancing Operation of Network of Stormwater Management Facilities, Yosif A. Ibrahim, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
  Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 2020, 25(2): 04019065

• The "Energy Balance" Method of Stormwater Management, article by M. Rolband and F. Graziano, Stormwater Magazine (July/August 2012)

• Information About WSSI’s Green Office

• Section 502 Draft Guidance for Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

• Promoting Low Impact Development in Virginia: A Review and Assessment of Nontidal County Codes and Ordinances, June 2012

• Virginia Association of Professional Soil Scientists Technical Session, March 2012

• Fairfax County Public Facilities Manual LID Amendments, 2007

• U.S. EPA: Reducing Stormwater Costs Through LID Strategies and Practices, December 2007

• U.S. Department of Defense Unified Facilities Criteria: Low Impact Development, November 2010

• Prince Georges County, Maryland: Low-Impact Development Hydrologic Analysis, July 1999

• Cost-Effective Stormwater Management in the James River Watershed

• DC Clean Rivers Project: Green Infrastructure Practicability Assessment Webinar

• DC Clean Rivers Project: Practicability Assessment for Rock Creek Green Infrastructure

• DC Clean Rivers Project: Practicability Assessment for Potomac River Green Infrastructure

Rain Gardens

• Woody Shrubs for Stormwater Retention Practices, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions, 2nd ed., Cornell University, July 2017

• Case Study: Residential Rain Garden Design and Construction, March 2006

Water Efficiency and Rainwater Harvesting

• Rainwater Harvesting and Use Guidelines, March 2011

• Creating Green Stormwater presentation, October 2009

• Rainwater Harvesting and Irrigation Management presentation, October 2009

• Virginia Rainwater Harvesting Manual, 2007

• EPA’s WaterSense Program

• DEQ Water Reclamation and Reuse Program Website

Channel Protection

• Urban Stream Syndrome - The Relationship Between Population Density and Impervious Surfaces

• Modification to Loudoun County stormwater receiving channel criteria

Permeable Pavements

• Pervious Concrete Pavement Maintenance and Operations Guide (NRMCA)

• Suspended Pavement: The Best System for Urban Development, August 2012

• A Side-by-Side Comparison of Pervious Concrete and Porous Asphalt, August 2012

• Carroll County Pervious Concrete Pavements Presentation, March 2007

• Specifying Pervious Concrete Presentation, March 2007

• When It Rains, It Drains! Presentation, March 2007

• When It Rains, It Drains! Brochure

• Concrete in Practice: Pervious Concrete (NRMCA, 2004)

• AquaPave

• Eagle Bay Pavers

• Uni Eco-Stone

• FilterPave System

Structural Soils

• WSSI’s 2018 CU-Structural Soil® patio seminar

• Engineering Urban Forests for Stormwater Management

• Managing Stormwater for Urban Sustainability Using Trees and Structural Soils, 2008

• Using Porous Asphalt and CU-Structural Soil, 2007

• Using CU Structural Soil in the Urban Environment, 2005

• Structural Soils and Low-Impact Development Presentation

Bioretention Soil Media

• Virginia DEQ’s provisional approval of VDOT’s Special Provision for bioretention soil media, referencing use of the Mesocosm Testing method WSSI has refined over time.

  • Appendix A - VDOT Special Provision for Bioretention Basins

  • Appendix B - Technical & Explanatory Memo Bioretention Special Provision

  • Appendix C - TL-144 Bioretention Soil Media Job-Mix Formula

  • Appendix D - Summary Table of Filter Media Criteria and Testing Results

  • VTM-134 (July 26, 2018); see Annex D for Mesocosm Testing section with WSSI contribution

• Measurement and Optimization of Permeability in Bioretention Soil Media, January 15, 2015; DC Water with WSSI contribution. (link connects to abstract; full paper is accessible through ASCE library links on that page.)

• Clogging Mechanism of Stormwater Filter Media by NaCl as a Deicing Salt, Sai P. Kakuturu and Shirley E. Clark, Environmental Engineering Science 2015, 32(2): 141-152.

• “Deicing Road Salt Clogs Bioretention Facilities!” Field Notes, Vol. 23, No. 3, May 18, 2015