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Tools For Evaluating The Benefits Of Green Infrastructure For Urban Water Management: Informational Brief (WERF Report INFR5SG09b)
Citation:
Clifton, E. AND N. Weinstein. Tools For Evaluating The Benefits Of Green Infrastructure For Urban Water Management: Informational Brief (WERF Report INFR5SG09b). Water Environment Research Foundation, Alexandria, VA, 2012.
Impact/Purpose:
Communities are increasingly looking to green infrastructure as a means of meeting not only stormwater management objectives, but multiple environmental, social, and economic goals. Rather than viewing water infrastructure in isolation or – as has often been the case – an after-the-fact means of responding to a storm event or public health crisis, today’s urban planners are striving to integrate water treatment into their sustainable development goals. This report reviews the criteria, metrics, and protocols being used to measure such integrated systems.
Description:
This report identifies the practical challenges for evaluating the benefits of green infrastructure. It also discusses a more systematic approach to integrate cost-effective, high-performance urban water infrastructure practices with other environmental, social, and economic goals. The report provides examples of where life cycle cost and triple bottom line analyses are being used. [NOTE: The link below connects to a WERF site where the Final Report can be downloaded for free, after registering at the WERF site. For some projects the Executive Summary is available and can be downloaded for free without registering on the WERF site.]
