Restoring the Pulse of Nature in Euclid

Restoring the Pulse

2) Initial Green Solutions

1) Streams into Sewers

3) Integrated Planning

City of Euclid boundary

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4) Eco-Greenways

of Nature in Euclid

Roy LarickBluestone Heights

5) Euclid Ecology Unit

Overview

In five SlideShares, Restoring the Pulsepresents two goals for stormwater Integrated Planning in Euclid, Ohio:

• Revive the natural regulation of stormwater at relatively low cost and high community benefit.

• Reconnect fragmented natural habitat areas as a means to build local biodiversity and natural capital.

5 slides introduce the series

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Streams into Sewers

Using varied cartography, Euclid’s streams are presented as former natural watersheds and as current storm sewer catchments.

Natural watersheds regulated storm flows within a slow natural pulse. Fragmenting and burying streams diminished this ability. The natural pulse of stormwater was thus lost.

1) Streams into SewersRestoring the Pulse



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Euclid natural stream courses


Initial Green Solutions

Euclid can begin restoring the pulse at eight priority CSO catchments. These drain 312 acres within the city (red). Under US EPA consent decree, Euclid must reduce polluted storm outflow from these catchments by 2025.

Green infrastructure is easily applied to the five largest catchments. Green sub-catchments would have new separate storm sewers directing runoff to small bio-retention basins.

Plans are outlined. Costs and cost-effectiveness are summarized.

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Eco-Greenways

Eco-Greenways

Connect habitat islands

Infiltrate stormwater

Increase habitat richness

Raise species diversity

Link public green spaces

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Extend wetlands

Restore streambeds

Stabilize slopes

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Eradicate invasive species

Expand water bodies

Provide non-motorized transit channels

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In Euclid’s IP, Eco-Greenways link green infrastructure points. Bioinfiltration locales serve to regroup fragmented habitats and channels. Eco-Greenways help rebuild natural capital.

With Integrated Planning (IP), stormwater becomes a resource of benefit to the larger community. With IP, Euclid can work with nature to restore the pulse.

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4) Building Greenways

Building Greenways

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Eco-Greenways rise from ‘underused’ tracts in the built environment.

Eco-Greenways are defined upon ghost watershed features in current or re-emergent green space. Greenways link ghost features as natural bioinfiltration locales, and point the way for new green installations.

Eco-Greenways connect re-emergent green spaces across abandoned natural watersheds.

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intermittent estuaries

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Restoring the Pulse5) Euclid Ecology Unit

EEU also manages the escarpment ravines, terrace basins and intermittent estuaries. Each feature has a specialized ecology and a valuable natural capital set for the city.


The Euclid Ecology Unit oversees Integrated Plan goals for reviving the natural pulse of stormwater and reconnecting fragmented natural habitat areas.

Euclid natural streams

Restoring the Pulse

2) Initial Green Solutions

1) Streams into Sewers




4) Eco-Greenways

of Nature in Euclid

Public PresentationEuclid Public LibraryJune 10, 2015

5) Euclid Ecology Unit

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Roy Larick

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