1. 1 The spring 2014 Myra Kraft Open Classroom Water: Challenge of Extremes Every Wednesday, 6pm – 8pm January 8 through April 9 West Village F, Room 20 Northeastern University School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs

2. School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs | Northeastern University “Innovations in Urban Water Management” Featured Guests: This week (March 12, 2014) Thomas Brady Conservation Administrator, Conservation Commission, Town of Brookline Kate Bowditch Director, Projects, Charles River Watershed Association; Chair, Conservation Commissioner, Town of Brookline

3. Myra Kraft Open Classroom series "Water: A Challenge of Extremes." Green Infrastructure: Natural Hydrologic Processes in an Urban Environment Kate Bowditch Director of Projects

4. Introduction to the CRWA and the Charles River Green Infrastructure –Definitions –Historical precedents –Opportunities in the Charles River watershed Landscape scale Subwatershed scale Street scale

5. Environmental Science and Advocacy Organization founded in 1965 Mission: To use science, advocacy, planning and the law to protect, preserve and enhance the Charles River and its watershed Interdisciplinary staff, including engineers, scientists and planners More than 3,600 volunteers each year Charles River Watershed Association

7. www.charlesriver.org

11. Charles River: Winner 2011 International River Prize

12. Charles River Watershed 80 miles 20 dams Mean annual flow ~ 370 cfs 308 mi 2 35 towns Over 1 million residents

13. Green Infrastructure

16. Bioswale, Community Rowing, Soldiers Field Road

18. Sidewalk stormwater planters

19. Infiltration trenches

20. Porous pavers in parking lane

21. Green Infrastructure precedents in the Charles River Watershed Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace US Army Corps of Engineers Natural Valley Storage Area

22. Source: Emerald Necklace Conservancy

23. Photos courtesy Emerald Necklace Conservancy The Emerald Necklace: A ‘Synthetic Landscape’

24. US Army Corps of Engineers Charles River Natural Valley Storage Project 1938 Flood, Boston, MA

25. New Charles River Dam Completed 1978 6 diesel powered pumps 3 locks fish ladder

26. Charles River Natural Valley Storage Project 8,500 acres of wetlands protected in 17 discreet project areas 50,000 acre-feet of flood storage (similar to a New England flood storage reservoir) Cost a fraction of dams and dikes, and added tremendous additional benefits in habitat, water quality and recreation

27. Opportunities for Green Infrastructure in the Charles River Watershed Landscape scale Subwatershed scale Street scale

30. Allston Creek subwatershed

31. Source: Gretchen Hooker Source: Vladimir Novotny, Northeastern University

32. Chelsea Creek Sub-watershed

34. Kate Bowditch Charles River Watershed Association 190 Park Road, Weston, MA kbowditch@crwa.org Thank You

35. School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs | Northeastern University Thomas Brady Conservation Administrator, Conservation Commission, Town of Brookline Kate Bowditch Director, Projects, Charles River Watershed Association; Chair, Conservation Commissioner, Town of Brookline Any Questions? The spring 2014 Myra Kraft Open Classroom lecture series March 12, 2014 – “Innovations in Urban Water Management”

36. School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs | Northeastern University “Storms and Hazards” Featured Guests: Next week (March 19, 2014) Ken Nowak, PhD Hydrolic Engineer, Boulder Canyon Operations Office, Lower Colorado Region, Bureau of Reclamation Laurens van der Tak, PE, D.WRE Vice President, Principal Water Resources Engineer, Water Business Group, CH2M Hill

37. 37 The spring 2014 Myra Kraft Open Classroom Water: Challenge of Extremes Every Wednesday, 6pm – 8pm January 8 through April 13 West Village F, Room 20 Northeastern University School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs