DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Razi Hosseini, P.E., R.P.L.S.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Interlocal Agreement with San Antonio River Authority (SARA) For Services Implementing Green Storm Water Infrastructure Measures
SUMMARY:
The City of San Antonio and the San Antonio River Authority (SARA) will be entering into an Interlocal Agreement to implement green storm water infrastructure (Low Impact Development) measures for select 2017-2022 Bond Program projects.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City of San Antonio (City) and San Antonio River Authority (SARA) have collaboratively worked with other local governmental entities since 2004 as part of an Interlocal Agreement which formed the regional management program known as the Bexar Regional Watershed Management Program (BRWM) to deliver regional flood control, drainage, storm water and water quality projects and services to more effectively address associated public safety and resource management issues.
Over the past 10 years the BRWM collectively, as well as each governmental entity individually, has worked to apply resources to effectively reduce flooding risks and address threats to water quality through the use of:
*?Watershed Master Plans *?Natural Channel Design (NCD)
*?Operations *?Flood Mitigation
*?Land Use *?Project Specific Best Management Practices
*?Low Impact Development (LID) *?Water Quality
*?Green Infrastructure (GI) *?Stream Degradation
Low Impact Development and Green Infrastructure methods are cornerstone concepts of land sustainability in the Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability section of the City of San Antonio's 2020 Vision.
ISSUE:
Recent studies by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) have shown storm water pollution is the leading cause of water quality contaminants in the nation. Currently, there are many tributaries and impaired streams in Bexar County listed in the Cl...
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