I have a few friends who are attempting on starting up as many urban permaculture(non-profit)/(not capitalizing for gains type bullshit) projects in the greater Cincinnati area and that got me thinking once again on other subjects to tackle.
Cincinnati is in a drainage basin with a massive outflow(Ohio River), we still have some hills remaining from the past geological history that aid with drainage. Heck even our absolutely massive abandon subway and underground locks and canals aid in water transport during storms, despite the Ordo clay pack and the role it plays as an aquatard; so, for these reasons our city barely floods. While our city rarely floods we still could make use of bioswales in urban planning, our river’s and it’s many small feeding tributaries tend to be some of the most turbid and most polluted in the United States. Run off is harsh, caustic, and there is more microplastic and trash than dissolved organic materials in some areas( sections of the Mill Creek). While we can talk about the ability for bioswales to stabilize streams, the amount of water holding, the change of soil hydrology after implementation to a site, and stream absorption to people that want to listen it becomes blatantly clear that there are people who can’t pay attention to anything even if it killed them. I’de like to try to get a small crew together and see if we can force ourselves into urban planning and sustainability with bioswale projects eventually.
While this may not be new knowledge or concepts to anyone, its still a good webinar series of presentations.
Presenting in 30-50min intervals of core evidence and analysis, target sites, real world examples, and comparative statistics is critical to sway some people. This is an easy to digest presentation for urban planning and greenspace implementation for water control and water quality control.
If you’re interested check it out.
