Level monitors used to measure green infrastructure performance
Problem: It is well established that green infrastructure or nonstructural programs can be effective in reducing stormwater runoff volume and pollution from urban areas. One Tennessee utility put their GI investment to the test by developing a bioretention basin to decrease the volume of stormwater runoff. The utility was concerned with the effects of runoff from a park going into an adjacent stream.
Solution: Both the runoff volume and potential pollutant loads from pet feces led them to design a system which reduced the runoff volume through measures such as infiltration and evapotranspiration. To measure performance,
