Pennsylvania Environmental Council’s (Council) Stormwater Retrofit Technical Assistance Program developed retrofit concepts to improve stormwater management for participating sites in Neshaminy, Darby, Chester, and Crum, watersheds of southeastern Pennsylvania. During this 18 month project, the Council and its design team (Borton-Lawson Engineering and Cahill & Associates) worked with municipal officials, Environmental Advisory Councils, property owners, and community members to develop conceptual designs that demonstrate how to incorporate stormwater best management practices (BMPs) at developed sites with stormwater basins and parking lots.
Keywords: water harvesting, stormwater, detention basin, flood mitigation and control, mulitpurpose, retrofit, native habitat, recharge, low impact development