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Awards and Publications
Seattle Public Utilities’s natural drainage systems (NDS) program has received national and international attention and accolades. Most notably, the NDS program received the prestigious Innovations in American Government Award from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2004. The award is often referred to as the Oscars of government and included a grant of $100,000 to help expand the NDS program.
Harvard Report on Conservation Innovation (PDF)
This report describes the programs that received the 2004 Innovations in American Government Awards from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Rooftops to Rivers: Green Strategies for Controlling Stormwater and Combined Sewer Overflows (PDF)
This 2006 publication by the Natural Resources Defense Council uses Seattle’s NDS program as a case study to illustrate how to control urban stormwater in an environmentally sensitive way.
Building Better II: A Guide to America’s Best New Development Projects (PDF)
This 2006 publication by the Sierra Club highlights NDS as an outstanding solution to stormwater runoff and sewage overflows that threaten the health of drinking water.
Stormwater Low Impact Development Practices, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. (PDF)
This paper will be presented in June of 2007 at Novatech 2007, the sixth international conference on sustainable techniques and strategies in urban water management.
Seattle: Managing Stormwater (PDF)
This case study is excerpted from Adapting to Climate Change: Lessons from London, a publication intended to help London prepare for climate change.
“High Point is Making News” (PDF)
Neal Peirce commends the innovative High Point Redevelopment, which includes the nation’s largest natural drainage system, in this 2006 article in The Washington Post.
Seattle’s High Point Redevelopment: Great Design, Healthy Community (pdf)
An application for the 2007 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence.
Moving Toward High-Performance Infrastructure (PDF)
This October 2006 article in Urban Land explores earth-based landscape approaches to degraded water quality.
“High-Impact Innovation” (PDF)
This article about NDS and other low-impact development stormwater management projects appeared in the Civil Engineering journal in February of 2004.
North Carolina State University Water Quality Group Newsletter (PDF)
NCSU spotlights Seattle’s NDS program in their February, 2005 newsletter.
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