Incorporating a Multiple-Benefit Analysis into a Stormwater Decision-Support Tool at Planning Level

Spahr, K.; Bell, Colin D.; Gallo, Elizabeth; McCray, John E.; Hogue, T. S.

doi:10.1061/jswbay.0000952

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“…Climate-related runoff benefits of distributed SCMs, such as GSI, include reduction of local flooding risks 25 – 27 , recharging groundwater 28 , 29 , and modulation of flashy runoff responses 30 , 31 . In addition, GSI can provide habitat protection, air quality improvements, urban cooling, carbon dioxide uptake, and improve the social well-being of communities 32 , 33 . State regulatory authorities typically set design standards for GSI and other SCMs with the identification of a target design storm 34 , either via precipitation event recurrence (return interval) or by an annual probability of occurrence based on historical precipitation records 35 , such as retaining the stormwater volume produced from an 85th percentile, 24-h storm event 34 .…”

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Modeling the impact of future rainfall changes on the effectiveness of urban stormwater control measures

Nodine,

Conley,

Riihimaki

et al. 2024

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The convergence of urban expansion, deteriorating infrastructure, and a changing climate will escalate the risks of stormwater pollution and urban flooding in the coming decades. Using outputs from an ensemble of global climate models to drive a high spatial resolution stormwater model, we analyzed climate change impacts on urban stormwater runoff and control measures for 23 cities across the United States. Runoff model outputs for two future emissions scenarios ending in 2055 were compared against a historical scenario to assess changes. All cities showed increases in average annual stormwater runoff, with changes up to 30% over the next 30 years due to a greater frequency of high intensity storm events. Runoff model outputs showed substantial variation across cities with untreated stormwater runoff increasing by as much as 48%. Patterns of future runoff impacts within cities will affect the performance of distributed treatment strategies such as Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) to meet municipal water quality improvement and runoff reduction goals. Results indicate that adoption of adaptable design standards and decision support tools that readily accommodate projected precipitation changes are critical for supporting more resilient designs of stormwater control measures.

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