A collection of links and documents about Low Impact Development (LID) and rainwater harvesting.

Community Rain Garden Project

What is a Rain Garden?

Community Rain Gardens Project Synopsis
Community Rain Gardens and Under Your Feet Campaign
Improve Stormwater Treatment at UTSA PP

Implementing Low Impact Development: A Process for BMPs Site Selection – July 2017
A Study with UTSA College of Architecture and GEAA

How to get a Rain Garden

Community Rain Garden Application
Receive a Rain Garden in your neighborhood Flyer

Woods of Shavano Rain Garden
Day 1 – September 17, 2016
Day 2 – September 24, 2016
SA Express News: Changes in landscapes and buildings could help fight flooding

Shavano Park
November 5, 2016

Lorence Creek Preserve
Lorence Creek HOA Retrofit Project and Water Quality Assessment-Final Report
LCR video
November 12&19, 2016

In the News

Press Conference at City Hall Featuring Mayor Taylor and officials from Wells Fargo Bank
Time Warner Cable: Grant for Community Rain Garden
Rivard Report: Edwards Recharge Zone Receives Boost, 10 Rain Gardens
City of San Antonio’s PPT for press conference on public access channel
News 4: Tour of Community Rain Garden Sites
Fox News: Tour of Community Rain Garden Sites
City Councilman Endorsement from City of San Antonio TV channel
UTSA announcing completion of College of Architecture Report
UTSA announcing grant to College of Civil Engineering for water quality monitoring
Fox News Coverage: Researchers at UTSA trying to purify dirty water faster
Announcement of SXSW Community Grants Award
UTSA professors receive grant to study San Antonio storm water

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Grow It – Don’t Mow It

Recommendations for Mowing Turf and Native Grasses and Riparian Areas

San Antonio Places 2nd in New Texas Stormwater Survey

Storm Score Executive Summary
Report: San Antonio Behind on ‘Green’ Stormwater Infrastructure
Hurricane Harvey shows the need to use more green infrastructure

Want to Know More
Nature-based Approaches for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation   
Nature Conservancy Nature Based Infrastructure
Watershed Stewardship For The Edwards Aquifer Region Low Impact Development Manual
Using Green Infrastructure in Karst Regions
Implementing Low Impact Development: A Process for BMPs Site Selection – July 2017
A Study with UTSA College of Architecture and GEAA
Appendix A
Appendix B

Low Impact Development Conference February 2009

–Information for Attendees
Agenda
Complete List of Participants and Speakers
Green Infrastructure Workshop Flyer
Sponsors and Partners
Speaker Biographies for San Antonio Workshop
Webcast Flyer Green Infrastructure

Presentations

The Protective Value of Nature – A Review of the Effectiveness of Natural Infrastructure for Hazard Risk Reduction by Glick, P.,E. Powell, S. Schlesinger, J. Ritter, B.A. Stein, and A. Fuller
San Antonio Climate Ready “Water Sponge/ Carbon Sink” City 9-17-19 Presentation
Miracle on Elmer Avenue 
CNT San Antonio Wet Weather GI
Codes Ordinances Abby Hall
Incentives Abby Hall
Kloss San Antonio GI Design
Kloss San Antonio Trans
Large Scale Bioretention MH-Li
Overview of GI at EPA Abby Hall
R Browning Ord+LID
Soils and Plants Emily Maderson
Stomwater Briefing A Winter
Tree Preservation, Landscape D Reid
Water Quality Scorecard Abby Hall

Rain Water Case Study
In the news: Changes in landscapes and buildings could help fight flooding
Rain water Harvesting Technology in Kenya and USA; Case Study on the Developed and the Developing Countries – Study for GEAA by Community Sollutions Fellow from Kenya, Rose Wamalwa – December

LID Workshops
LID Workshop: Abby Hall – Codes and Ordinances
LID Workshop: Abby Hall – Incentives
LID Workshop: Abby Hall – Overview of Green Infrastructure at the EPA
LID Workshop: Andrew Winter – Bexar County Storm Water Quality Program
LID Workshop: Bob Browning – San Antonio Drainage Ordinances
LID Workshop: Chris Kloss – Green Infrastructure Design
LID Workshop: Chris Kloss – Green Streets
LID Workshop: Debbie Reid – Tree Preservation
LID Workshop: Dr. Ming-Han Li – Large Scale Bioretention