Rainwater Resources
Browse these green infrastructure resources to find tools, expert organizations, fact sheets, and continuing education opportunities.
Green Infrastructure Resources
Tools
Models
- EPA’s Stormwater Management Model (SWMM)
- EPA’s Clean Water Act Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Pollutant Loading Tool
- EPA’s Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT)
- Water Environment & Reuse Foundation’s BMP and LID Whole Life Cost Models V2
Calculators
- Center of Neighborhood Technology’s Green Values ® National Stormwater Management Calculator
- EPA’s National Stormwater Calculator EPA’s Low Erosivity Waiver (LEW) Calculator
- Tree Benefits Calculator
Databases
Maps
Toolkits & Scorecards
Continuing Education
There are numerous continuing education opportunities for professionals interested in learning more about green infrastructure in Oregon. Explore the following platforms to find the right educational opportunity for you.
Event Calendars
Webinar Series
- EPA’s Green Infrastructure Webcast Series
- HUD’s Climate Resilience Webinar Series
- U.S. Forest Service Urban Forest Connections
Online Learning
- Oregon State University’s Green Infrastructure Across the Urban to Rural Continuum
- EPA’s Watershed Academy
- EPA’s NPDES Training
- American Public Works Association
Listserv
- EPA’s Greenstream
- Intertwine’s Partner Listserv
- OEC’s Oregon Stormwater Listserv
- Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium’s (UERC) Mailing
Certificate Programs
- EPA – Watershed Management Training Certificate
- American Public Works Association - Certified Stormwater Manager
- OSU Professional and Continuing Education Permaculture Design Certificate (includes rainwater harvesting)
Organizations
On this page, you will find a list of organizations who promote, support, and fund green infrastructure projects.
Academic/Education
- USDA Plants Database
- Native and Naturalized Woody Plants of Oregon
- Oregon Sea Grant
- OSU Extension Service
National
- American Rivers
- Arbor Day Foundation
- Rural Community Assistance Center (RCAC)
- The Nature Conservancy
- Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF)
Nonprofit/Regional Alliance
- Network of Oregon Watershed Councils (NOWC)
- Oregon Environmental Council (OEC)
- Oregon Conservation Partnership
Associations & Professional Societies
- American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
- American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA)
- American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) - Northwest Chapter
- American Planning Association (APA)
- American Planning Association (APA) - Oregon Chapter
- American Public Works Association (APWA)
- American Public Works Association (APWA) - Oregon Chapter
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) - Oregon Chapter
- American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
- American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) - Oregon Chapter
- International Society of Arboriculture (ISA)
- International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) - Pacific Northwest Chapter
- Asphalt Paving Association of Oregon (APAO)
- National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA)
- National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies (NAFSMA)
- National Ready-Mix Concrete Association (NRMCA)
- Native Plant Society of Oregon
- Oregon Association of Clean Water Agencies (ORACWA)
- Oregon Association of Conservation Districts (OACD)
- Oregon Concrete & Aggregate Producers Association (OCAPA)
- Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts (COLT)
- Oregon Conservation Education & Assistance Network (OCEAN)
Research Institutions
- Oregon Climate Change Research Institute (OCCRI)
- Oregon Explorer
- Oregon Forest Resources Institute (OFRI)
- USGS Oregon Water Science Center
State
- Landscape Contractors Board of Oregon (LCB)
- Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA)
- Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
- Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW)
- Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF)
- Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD)
- Oregon Department of State lands (DSL)
- Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT)
- Oregon Office of Emergency Management (OEM)
- Oregon Water Resources Department (WRD)
- Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB)
Federal
- Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- U.S. Forest Service (FS; within USDA)
- Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS; within USDA)
- Department of Commerce (DOC)
- Economic Development Administration (EDA; within DOC)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA; within DOC)
- Department of Defense (DOD)
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Parent Agency is the U.S. Army)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- Department of the Interior (DOI)
- Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
- Bureau of Reclamation (USBR; within DOI)
- National Park Service (NPS; within DOI)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS; within DOI)
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS; within DOI)
- Department of Transportation (DOT)
- Federal Highway Administration (FHA)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Resources for Experts
In this section we provide detailed information for engineers, public works professionals, landscape architects and others tasked with designing, building and maintaining green infrastructure best management practice facilities.
Fact Sheets:
A series of low-impact development (LID) fact sheets to help raise awareness of functions and designs for common LID and Green Infrastructure practices: Rain Gardens, Stormwater Planters, Porous Pavement, Dry Wells, Vegetated Filter Strips, Water Quality Swales, Soakage Trenches, Vegetated Roofs and Infiltration Testing.
Oregon Rain Garden Guide:
A how-to guide to help you design and build a rain garden to treat the stormwater runoff from your own home or business. You don't have to be a landscape professional to use this guide. It provides the necessary information to safely build and maintain a rain garden, along with references for more detailed guidance for special conditions. It provides information specific to Oregon's conditions, including the rainfall and appropriate plants for your site.
Low Impact Development in Western Oregon: A practical guide for watershed health:
This document will help your jurisdiction address MS4 and TMDL regulatory requirements for water quality during the “post-construction” phase. Once you adapt this to your jurisdiction, the resulting document will be one component of meeting your post-construction stormwater management goals.
Seattle Public Utility Design Checklists:
Feasibility and design requirements for different BMPs from the City of Seattle, Washington.