Urban Water Sustainability Leadership Conference - Module 2

NEORSD is guiding Cleveland and 61 surrounding communities through two significant wet weather issues -- CSOs and stormwater -- at a time when Northeast Ohio is losing population and gaining vacancy. NEORSD is approaching these issues with multi- benefit, multi-partner programs that provide maximum value for regional investment. This presentation focuses on Project Clean Lake -- NEORSD's 25-year, $3 billion program to address CSOs with an emphasis on optimizing the mix of cost-effective gray and green infrastructure to achieve a 98% level of CSO capture. Partners will discuss early action green infrastructure projects and NEORSD's regional approach to stormwater management and CSO control.

Kellie Rotunno, Director of Engineering & Construction, NEORSD
Robert Brown, Director, Cleveland City Planning Commission, City of Cleveland
Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells, Manager of Watershed Programs, NEORSD
Lillian Kuri, Program Director for Architecture, Urban Design, and Sustainable Development, The Cleveland Foundation
Terry Schwarz, Director, Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative

Catherine Nagel, Executive Director, City Parks Alliance

Throughout the United States partnership opportunities between parks and water resource managers are being pursued as avenues for reducing stormwater costs and expanding park systems. In particular, the drive to daylight and restore covered streams is being embraced to serve the triple bottom line.