Post on 10-Feb-2017
Gray vs. Green: The Role of Watershed Scale Green Infrastructure Systems for Waste
Water Management James Patchett, FASLA, RLA, LEED AP Raj Rajaram, PhD, PE Ron Doetch, Agronomist Founder & President Senior Project Manager Managing Partner Conservation Design Forum, Inc. C.C. Johnson & Malhotra, P.C.(CCJM) Solutions in the Land
The Foundation for Restorative Design “Begins with Water“
Water is the Driver of Life
Re-circulation throughevapo-transpiration
Shallow ground water flow
Aquifer recharge
Constant, clean discharge flows, year round to sustain stable surface water hydrology with constant water temperature and chemistry
Historical Patterns of HydrologyRecharge Zone: UplandsDischarge Zones: Lowlands – rivers, streams, ponds, wetlands
Water in Contemporary Urban, Suburban & Rural Environments
Traditional Stormwater Management Approach:Collect and convey water away from the site just as quickly and efficiently as the law will allow through enclosed storm sewer systems designed with concentrated points of discharge that generate a velocity and volume of flow that is nearly impossible to mitigate.
According to USEPA, 40-60% of nitrogen applied to lawns ends up in surface and groundwater systems
Reversed hydrological pattern results in runoff containing sediments, oils, greases, salts, fertilizers, pesticides, and higher water temperatures that inundate historical systems adapted to completely different hydrological and water quality conditions
Contemporary HydrologyUpland becomes discharge zoneNatural wetlands are expected to function as recharge zones
[Photos taken or compiled by Dr. Tom Weingeist]
Iowa floods of 2008
GREEN INFRASTRUCTUREGREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
Living ecologies functioning Living ecologies functioning cooperatively with technology to cooperatively with technology to optimize the performance of an entire optimize the performance of an entire system to balance water, carbon system to balance water, carbon cycling, energy, and nutrients locally cycling, energy, and nutrients locally
1. Green roof systems2. Porous pavement systems3. Bio-retention systems4. Rainwater harvesting and re-use5. Wastewater recycling and re-use6. Native landscape systems
Distributed Rainwater Management Strategies for all land use cover surfaces with applications appropriate for scale and context;
Replicate natural hydrology and provide multiple benefits on all land use surfaces:
Integrated Green Strategies
Green StrategiesGreen Roof Systems
Chicago City Hall Green RoofChicago, Illinois
ASLA Green RoofWashington DC
Green StrategiesPorous Pavement Systems
Green StrategiesBio-retention Systems
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Porous pavement + bioswales/rain gardens
Green StrategiesRainwater Harvesting and Re-use Systems
Green StrategiesWastewater Harvesting and Re-use Systems
Green StrategiesNative Landscape Systems
Bio-Diverse Prairie Restoration for Bio-mass, Grazing, Seed, and Plant Production
Iowa’s Green Streets Pilot Iowa’s Green Streets Pilot ProjectProjectWest Union, IowaWest Union, Iowa
Integrated water , energy, and utility systems
Charles City Green StreetsCharles City, Iowa
Ann Arbor Municipal CenterAnn Arbor, Michigan
Villa Park Police StationVilla Park, IL
Villa Park Police StationVilla Park, IL
Lutheran General Hospital Patient Towerpark ridge, illinoisClient: Advocate Health CareCompletion: 2009LEED Gold, 2010Team: Cannon Design, Gewalt Hamilton Associates
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Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge, IL
Lutheran General Hospital TowerPark Ridge, Illinois
Johnson Controls Headquartersglendale, wisconsinClient: Johnson Controls, Inc.Completion: 2009Awards: Wisconsin Builder Magazine Top Projects award, 2009LEED: Platinum (anticipated)Team: Gensler
Johnson Controls HeadquartersGlendale, Wisconsin © Gensler
Johnson Controls HeadquartersGlendale, Wisconsin
Kresge Foundation Headquarterstroy, michiganClient: Kresge FoundationCompletion: 2006Awards: Michigan ASLA Merit Award, 2009 ACEC NY Honor Award, 2007 Michigan Barn Commission Award for Innovative Use of Barn Reuse, 2007 AIA Chicago Distinguished Building Award, 2006LEED Platinum, 2007Team: Valerio Dewalt Train, Farr Associates, ARUP
Kresge Foundation HeadquartersTroy, MI
Porous paving parking lot
Iowa State University College of Design
Waubonsee Community College
Walsh College
Education: colleges + universities
Iowa State University College of Design
Evelyn Pease Tyner Interpretive Centerglenview, illinoisClient: The Glen Development CorporationCompletion: 2007LEED Platinum, 2007Team: Wight and Company, Phoenix Architects, Bluestone + Associates
Evelyn Pease Tyner Interpretive CenterGlenview, Illinois
Parsons Parkchicago, illinoisClient: Chicago Park DistrictCompletion: 2010Team: Terry Guen Design Associates
Parsons ParkChicago, Illinois
Queens Botanical Gardenflushing, new yorkClient: Queens Botanical GardenCompletion: 2002 (master plan), 2009 (administration building and gardens)Awards: Illinois ASLA Merit Award, 2009 (administration building and gardens) New York Green Building Design Award, 2004 Illinois ASLA Merit Award, 2003 (master plan)LEED Platinum, 2008Team: Atelier Dreiseitl, BKSK Architects
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© Jeff Goldberg/EstoQueens Botanical GardenFlushing, New York
© Jeff Goldberg/EstoQueens Botanical GardenFlushing, New York
Church of the Holy Spirit, Lake Forest, IL
Lake Cook CourtsHighland Park, IL
Residential Porous Pavement and Rain Garden ApplicationElmhurst, IL
McDonalds Green PrototypeChicago, IL
Rotational Seed & Biomass
Production
Rotational Grazing
Organic produceSustainably harvested
woodlot
Restorative AgricultureUnsustainableRow Crop Agriculture
Whole-System Food and Farming Future
Ronald G. Doetch – 6.25.2016
“we can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.” ― Daniel Kahneman
Restorative AgricultureFood system planning integrated with GI:
-Improved Economy/Revenue for Ag. Land-Enhanced Ecology/Water Balance-Healthy Food and Ag. Products for Local Markets
Tears of the Food System
Product Sector
What’s right with our agricultural system
Abundant supply for most peopleContributes $1 trillion to economy13% of GDPEmploys 17% of labor forceFood, Fiber, Feed, Fuel, Fun, FLOW of ecological services – value = worldwide GDP
In the Midwest, 34” of rain falls annually. 19 gallons per square foot. Nearly 1 million gallons per acre per year. An additional 1% organic matter per acre will hold an additional 16, 000 gallons of water per acre. Midwestern soils have been depleted from 4-6% SOC to 2.0%.
By increasing the water absorption through improved soil quality of all of the cropland in the Mississippi River Basin by just 2”, that water retention would be the equivalent of…
Fresh Water
The amount of water that flows over Niagara Falls in a YEAR!
$36 Billion Market
World Fertilizer Consumption, 1950-2013
Grain Production Per Ton of Fertilizer, 1950-2013
Corn Usage
Resulting in the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone.This phenomena grows to approximately
5000 square miles each spring…
The nutrient inputs create excellent food conditions for phytoplankton blooms, which upon death, create rich food
sources for bacteria. The bacteria consume excessive amounts of dissolved oxygen- resulting in hypoxia and
thus creating dramatic changes in food chain relationships, loss of biodiversity and high aquatic species
mortality.Iowa and Illinois alone are credited with creating as much
as 35% of the nitrogen pollution ending up in the Dead Zone.
Each spring enormous quantities of dissolved nutrients (nitrogen) are transported from the upper Midwest into
the Gulf of Mexico…
Upstream Resources
Downstream opportunities
Soil Health is the critical success factor
Take Nitrogen from the Air
“Free-living” bacteria, fungi and organic enzymes. These beneficial bacteria include:
Desulfovibrio Azotobacter vinelandiiAnabaena cylindrica Rhodobacter capsulatusNostoc commune Escherichia intermediaRhodobacter sphaeroides Bacillus maceransKlebsiella pneumoniae Bacillus polymyxaClostridium Rhodopseudomonas palustris
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Food and farming are one system -Resources are more than adequate –We just have to learn how to manage
In Conclusion -
A New Paradigm in Wastewater Treatment
Audubon Society Corkscrew Swamp SanctuaryNaples, Florida
After channel treatment, the water will be diverted to a lagoon for further polishing by Lagoon Restorers. This low cost, low energy method of water polishing has proven to help meet current as well as emerging EPA discharge parameters for the removal of more complex contaminants of concern such as personal care products, pharmaceuticals, and most recently restorers have proven effective at the removal of petroleum hydrocarbons. The floating restorers can be sized and configured to accommodate any volume of wastewater discharge and incorporated into a wide range of lagoon types and shapes. This versatility facilitates the use of restorer systems as an integral component of a whole new concept in wastewater facility design.
Step 1 ‐ Restorer Lagoons
Tyson Chicken Plant - Berlin, MarylandLarge scale industrial wastewater restorer application.
Omega Center for Sustainable Livingrhinebeck, new yorkClient: Omega Institute for Holistic StudiesCompletion: On-goingAwards: AIA/COTE Top Green Project Award, 2010LEED: Platinum (anticipated)Team: BNIM, John Todd Ecological Design, The Chazen Companies
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Omega Center for Sustainable LivingRhinebeck, New York
| Air flow | Energy flow | Water flow
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Omega Center for Sustainable LivingRhinebeck, New York
Restorative Water Solutions Pure Water Systems
Therapeutic Anti-Microbial
Innovation
RWS Technology Powerful broad spectrum Antimicrobial Properties Patented Technology + Proprietary IP Inherent safety/non-leaching
Octadecyldimethyl(3-trihydroxysilylpropyl) ammonium chloride
How it Works
Applied to Any Surface Flexible Permanent Bond
Pathogen Attracted to Positively Charged Spike
Pathogen is Electrocuted
RWS Technology is Effective
On a variety of substrates including silica beads, metal, and sand, our base molecule inactivates a large number of pathogens more effectively than any other system we have seen.
Water/Liquid Filtration EPA registered “Sanitect”
A Water Purification Revolution Elimination of water & liquid borne pathogens Non leaching to parts per billion (PPB) Non-Electric, Passive systems for potable or irrigation
water Scaleable: point of use - municipal
James Patchett(630) 559-2025jpatchett@cdfinc.comwww.cdfinc.com
CDF22 Years of Sustainability