STORMWATER MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK NOW AVAILABLE

Blue-Green Technologies: Integrated Practices to Manage Stormwater as an Asset is now available from Great Swamp Watershed Association. Available for $40.00, plus $3.00 shipping and handling, the book is ideal for professional engineers, land use experts, and landscape architects.

The handbook was developed as a companion to the Watershed Association’s most recent video, Doing Water Right. The 170 page, four color book was written by Joachim Toby Tourbier, an expert on stormwater management practices who is a joint author and editor of handbooks on stormwater management, land reclamation, greenways, and planning guidelines and ordinances.

The handbook presents a holistic, comprehensive design approach to maintaining the natural water budget for a given site. The handbook goes into detail on the variety of ways to achieve a blue-green stormwater management approach, including: lessening the volume of runoff close to its source; improving the quality of runoff by filtering it through vegetation; maintaining groundwater recharge; detaining flood peaks; integrating a combination of management practices with existing features; and protecting an restoring streams as natural stormwater conveyance systems.

Great Swamp Watershed Association was created in 1981 to protect the Great Swamp watershed basin. Celebrating its 20^th Anniversary as a non-profit organization, the Watershed Association relies solely on membership and contributions to protect the continued health of our watershed’s area. If you’re not already a member, become one today. For more information, call (973) 966-1900, or visit their website at www.greatswamp.org.

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