The Lands Council Presents

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1 The Lands Council Presents The Perfect Storm A presentation by Amanda Parrish WATERSHED PROGRAM DIRECTOR

2 About The Lands Council Environmental Non-Profit Spokane, WA We preserve and revitalize Inland Northwest forests, water, and wildlife through advocacy, education, effective action, and community engagement. We collaborate with a broad range of interested parties to seek smart and mutually respectful solutions to environment and health issues.

3 Stormwater Stormwater is water that originates precipitation events and snowmelt. The runoff often ends up in nearby streams, rivers, and other water bodies.

4 Stormwater in Spokane Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) v. Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4)

5 Stormwater and PCBs Chemicals still found in products like paint, caulk, lighting ballasts Hazardous to health, especially for children Eaten by fish and then accumulate in fish tissue

6 PCBs in Products Source:

7 Integrated Clean Water Plan City of Spokane will: Reduce untreated flows to the river Prioritize projects based on their positive environmental impact Make the Spokane River cleaner faster

8 Low Impact Development (LID) Alternative to traditional grey infrastructure Modeled after nature Techniques that infiltrate, filter, store, evaporate

9 Storm Gardens

10 Biochar Component Biochar Characteristics: High porosity (up to 800 square meters SA to gram) Hold 9x weight in water Capable of removing metals, nutrients, oils, PCBs, and other contam. Organic content for plant growth Similar to activated carbon, lower cost Waste product put to good use

11 Biochar Production

12 Shadle Storm Garden Pilot Project

13 Collaborators & Media Outreach Collaborators: City of Spokane AHBL Aimee Navickis-Brasch Clearwater Summit Group Wittkopf Landscaping Biochar Supreme Farm Power THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2013 Shadle-area stormwater gardens will filter runoff The city is contracting with the Lands Council on a pilot stormwater management project in the Shadle area. We are pretty excited about this, said Mike Petersen, executive director of the Lands Council. It s the first time the council a local nonprofit organization dedicated

14 Biochar Testing

15 Testing Results Water Quality Removal Efficiency (lower one-sided 95% confidence interval) Column ID TSS Copper Zinc Lead Phosphorus Ammonia KB 4 92% 76% 96% 91% -133% 77% KB 8 89% 79% 91% 92% -269% 72% W 4 96% 94% 92% 93% 5% 57% W 8 95% 96% 98% 93% 1% 62% Data courtesy of Aimee Navickis-Brasch, University of Idaho, and Gonzaga University

16 Door-to-Door Outreach By the Numbers: Oct Nov 2013 Teams of in-person visits 400+ homes total 43 interested parties

17 Final Site Selection Final plan courtesy of AHBL, Inc.

18 Construction Average annual precipitation: 16.5 Gallons to be treated annually: 335,144

19 Native Plant Landscaping Ninebark Red Osier Dogwood Oregon Grape

20 Native Plant Landscaping Parsnip Flowered Buckwheat Purple Sage Scarlet Gilia

21 Native Plant Landscaping Prairie Smoke Camas Idaho Fescue

22 Final Landscaping

23 A Fungi-dea

24 Questions?