http://dirt.asla.org/2009/11/04/indiana-town-sees-canal-as-sustainable-stormwater-management-system-and-economic-boost/ Connecting the Built & Natural Environments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:38:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://dirt.asla.org/2009/11/04/indiana-town-sees-canal-as-sustainable-stormwater-management-system-and-economic-boost/#comment-897 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:20:22 +0000 http://dirt.asla.org/?p=3254#comment-897 Before committing to this scheme, why not take a trip down south to Richmond VA and walk Reedy Creek, from the upper watershed down near a major highway, through it’s graffitied concrete bed, which I guess in the rosiest take could be called a canal, as it snakes it’s trash and weed-ridden way through trailer parks and low rent apartments. Follow the storm gouged banks as the sweet little creek makes it’s way to the James, spreading sediment and trash as it carries it’s flow of bacteria and other pollutants through gentrified neighborhoods and into a scenic park. Oh, and by the way, we still have issues with stormwater management, even with this 1960 state of the art system.

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