Stormwater management case studies

From the Landscape Architecture Foundation, this database includes a collection of stormwater management and stream restoration case studies, with photos and plans (the studies are easily sorted by project type).

Detention basin retrofits

Retrofitting existing detention basins for water quality control can be a simple, cost-effective way of treating nonpoint source pollution. Retrofits are usually designed to promote infiltration and release less water from the basin. This might include planting or re-grading the basin area, or modifying the outlet structure that controls the release of water. This video shows some great examples of the retrofit process for several different basins. Although shot in Pennsylvania, the basic concepts are applicable for Connecticut. (Source: StormwaterPA).

Calling all nature photographers!

AKRF is looking for photos of the Five Mile River. If you have a great image that you'd like to see published in the Watershed Based Plan, send your photo to akrfwaterresources@gmail.com. We'd very much appreciate it! If you don't want your photo printed, you can still share it on the blog (see last week's post). As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

What's your favorite place in the watershed?

Through the course of the watershed based planning process, there has been a lot of discussion about impairments and problem areas in the river. But what about all the wonderful places that make this a river worth preserving? With spring in full bloom, now is the perfect time to get out and reconnect with all the places in nature that make our role as environmental stewards so rewarding.

When AKRF was conducting the existing conditions assessment last spring, we snapped this picture of a forested reach of stream just off a quiet back road in New Canaan. It reminded us that beauty is abundant throughout the watershed, and available to anyone who takes a moment to look.

What about you? Do you have a favorite place for fishing or birdwatching? Do you have a photo that visually represents the scenic or environmental value of this important river? If so, we'd love to see or hear about it!
 

Fly Fishing Fairfield County

Local author pens fly fishing guide to Fairfield County (Danbury Patch)

DEEP 2012 preseason trout stocking underway

Opening Day of trout season is Saturday, April 21st!

New approaches to municipal and industrial wastewater

Re-posted from Seth Brown of the Water Environment Federation, an encouraging article: "When Cookie Cutters Won't Cut It".