by Alex Thomsen | Jul 14, 2021 | Archived, Projects
Fremont Tree Well Filters In 2012, the City of Fremont installed two Tree Well Filters (TWFs) on Osgood Road to improve city aesthetics and treat urban runoff. Two distinct TWFs configurations were designed and built side-by-side so that they could be tested against...
by Alex Thomsen | Jul 9, 2021 | Projects, Water
Approved Trash Capture Devices Trash Capture Devices approved by San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board staff Last Updated May 2014 Devices on this list – catch basin inserts (connector pipe screens and media filters) and high-flow capacity devices...
by Alex Thomsen | Jul 8, 2021 | Habitats, Projects, Resilience, Water
Healthy Watershed, Resilient Baylands To create healthy ecosystems that continue to function as the climate changes more rapidly, we need to redesign our landscapes as robust, resilient systems that take advantage of natural processes to derive desired benefits. Urban...
by Alex Thomsen | Jul 8, 2021 | Projects, Resilience, Water
San Pablo Avenue Green Stormwater Spine This is a multi-year project with numerous components and partners. Each partnering city selected the project site location (see map above) within its jurisdiction. The Design Team, led by Wilsey-Ham, prepared construction...
by Alex Thomsen | Jun 17, 2021 | Projects, Resilience, Water
Urban Greening Bay Area Urban Greening Bay Area is a collaborative effort to re-envision Bay Area urban landscapes with widespread green infrastructure in order to: Improve water quality by treating urban and stormwater runoff Reduce local flooding by impounding...
by Alex Thomsen | May 27, 2021 | Habitats, Projects, Resilience
San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority The Partnership and the State Coastal Conservancy jointly staff the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority, a critically important regional effort to enhance and protect wetlands and wildlife habitat in San Francisco Bay. The...
