Performance and Effectiveness of Urban Green Infrastructure: Maximizing Benefits at the Subwatershed Scale through Measurement, Modeling, and Community-Based Implementation

Claire Welty, PI, Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, UMBC
Elvis Andino, Graduate Research Assistant, Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, UMBC

This project will demonstrate the performance of green infrastructure (GI) technologies in combined sewer overflow areas while taking into account costs and benefits. Community partners will be consulted to ensure engagement at each step of the adoption and evaluation process. Calibrating a subsurface flow model and studying systems on a sub-watershed level will produce valuable results which will be integrated into transferrable policy tools.