Stormwater

DEQ Stormwater Updates for May 2018

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Each of the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Water Resources Division (WRD), storm water programs (Construction, Industrial, and Municipal) has a long-standing committee consisting of staff members involved with implementing the program.  Committee members include a representative from each district office who oversees compliance and enforcement of the storm water program and central staff involved with permitting and enforcement activities.  The committees meet periodically throughout the year to discuss program implementation and consistency.  These committee meetings also serve to learn of program challenges, solutions, and innovative approaches throughout the state. More

INITIATIVE TACKLES DETROIT’S STORM WATER MANAGEMENT

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ParjanaA team of Detroit nonprofits and businesses began work to launch an initiative focused on tackling Detroit’s storm water management. The project is designed to build upon revitalization efforts across the 300-block area surrounding Detroit’s Central High School while creating jobs for local residents.

In partnership with the Detroit Police Athletic League (PAL) at Central High School, the project will create sustainable jobs while addressing urban storm water issues. As the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) is launching a Green Infrastructure Credit Program for customers who reduce the peak flow and volume of storm water runoff on their property, this effort will help create a local workforce to support the adoption of storm water strategies.

Phase I will deploy a storm water management solution at the Central High School softball field that will improve field usability and safety. The ultimate objective is to expand the use of sustainable development at the school and in the surrounding neighborhood as a model for how a community can implement green infrastructure solutions that create local jobs and save money for property owners.More

Reimaging Workforce Development in Detroit

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ParjanaImagine- A storm water infrastructure workforce development initiative that is financed on a performance basis and paid for out of savings.
 
Storm water has become one of the greatest economic challenges in our region and around the world.  The traditional centralized approach to storm water management and building billions of dollars in infrastructure; is no longer a sustainable model.   The future of storm water is in decentralized management and enabling the earth to naturally infiltrate the water when and where it falls; as mother nature originally intended. More

Parjana To Host Fellow from Peru 

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ParjanaParjana Distribution was chosen as host site in the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Professional Fellow Program through the US Department of State and Global Ties Detroit.  The purpose of this program is to build partnership contacts for expansion in the Latin America/Caribbean markets.

Parjana Distribution will be hosting Mr. Carlos Casiano Inga, an Environmental Engineer and entrepreneur from Peru over a four-week period. More

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