On April 16, 2009, ContextSensitiveSolutions.org and the Federal Highway Administration hosted a Sustainable Stormwater Management Practices webinar.

Wendi Goldsmith, President of the Bioengineering Group, Inc., and Clark Wilson, Urban Designer at the EPA Office of Smart Growth, discussed the importance of sustainable stormwater management practices, along with innovative strategies for natural onsite stormwater storage and treatment. Sustainable stormwater management seeks to eliminate, where possible, the negative impacts of construction activities that disturb the natural hydrologic cycle resulting in elimination or reduction in the permeability of soils, increased "flashy" runoff and general water quality degradation.

Further Reading:

Sustainable SWM Webinar Presentation: Paving the Way to Healthy Watersheds

Sustainable SWM Webinar Presentation: Green Streets: From Gray Funnels to Green Sponges

Sustainable SWM Webinar Q&A