The Jury struggled to select one winner in the Best Combination of BMPs in a Series category as the RiverSmart Washington – Intensive LID Retrofits in Two DC Neighborhoods was an extraordinary multi-year project with an extensive list of partners and stakeholders in several “sewersheds.” After extensive study and assessments, the DC Department of Environment and partners installed more than one acre of permeable pavement in alleys, roadways, parking lanes and sidewalks and sixteen bioretention cells in the Right of Way. The RiverSmart Homes program engaged 136 property owners, 64 of which decided to install pervious paving, bioretention, rain barrels trees and native landscaping. This outstanding project addressed runoff from more than 38 ultra-urban acres is a replicable model for other jurisdictions.
To learn more about our winners, check out the project files on our Google Drive account here.
