GSI Standard Details
for Public Park and Recreation Facilities
February 4, 2013
Prepared For:
Prepared By:
In Association With:
City of Philadelphia
Department of Public Property
Overview
The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) in conjunction with the City's Department of Parks and Recreation
(PP&R) and Department of Public Property (DPP) are working towards the development of a resource manual
for Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI). The manual is intended to ultimately serve and guide City and
consultant engineers with the appropriate selection, sizing, and placement of GSI within public parks and
recreation facilities.
As one of the initial steps in producing a standardized set of tools for the implementation of GSI in park settings,
the following details were identified as high priority. The details are developed as standards to assist in
streamlining the design process for both in-house design and consultant - led projects. They are intended to be
implemented and applied to a range of park development, redevelopment, and retrofit projects.
The detail template includes basic material specifications and practices that can be applied to an overall GSI
system design. Basic operations and maintenance practices have been outlined and provisions included for
developing sizing criteria for each detail. Individual detail sizing criteria, applications, operations and
maintenance, and basic construction guidelines will be further developed for each detail.
The infiltration pit and bioretention facility were identified as pilot details. These details will be implemented
immediately as opportunities present themselves on a test basis and performance monitored to determine the
overall performance of each.
The construction details illustrated thus far present the most efficient and practical basic design solutions and
will serve as the basis for developing additional standard GSI details. The following references in conjunction
with peer reviews by PWD staff engineers were utilized in the development of the detail set.
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Stormwater Management Guidance Manual, Version 2.0, April 29, 2011, City of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia Water Department Planning & Environmental Services Division.
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Green Infrastructure Standard Details, December 6, 2012, City of Philadelphia, Water Department.
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Green Master Specifications, 2012, City of Philadelphia, Water Department.
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GSI Maintenance Review Checklist, October 3, 2012, City of Philadelphia, Water Department.
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Pennsylvania Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual, December 2006, Department of
Environmental Protection, Bureau of Watershed Management.
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2000 Maryland Stormwater Design Manual Volumes I & II and 2009 Updates, Center For Watershed
Protection and The Maryland Department of the Environment, Water Management Administration.
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Virginia Stormwater BMP Clearinghouse, http://vwrrc.vt.edu/SWC/, The Virginia Department of
Conservation and Recreations and The Virginia Water Research Center.
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Salt Tolerant Species List, Greenbelt Native Plant Center, City of New York Parks & Recreation:
http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_about/parks_divisions/gnpc/pdf/salt_tolerant_species_list.pdf
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Salt Tolerant Plants Recommended for Pender County Landscapes, North Carolina Cooperative
Extension NC State University:
http://pender.ces.ncsu.edu/files/library/71/Salt%20Tolerant%20Plants.pdf
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Connecticut Coastal Planting Guide, Connecticut Sea GRAnt College Program, 2011:
http://web2.uconn.edu/seagrant/publications/coastalres/CTCoastal_planting.pdf
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Virginia Cooperative Extension, Publication 430-031, Trees and Shrubs that Tolerate Saline Soils & Salt
Spray Drift, 2009
http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/430/430-031/430-031_pdf.pdf
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The Morton Arboretum, Salt Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, 2012
http://www.mortonarb.org/calendar/article/845/salt-tolerant-trees-and-shrubs.html
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Rhode Island DOT (RIDOT), Tolerant Tree & Shrub Guide August 2010 (Soil & Spray List)
http://www.dot.state.ri.us/documents/engineering/research/Reports/RIDOT_Salt
Tolerant_Tree_and_Shrub_Guide_August2010.pdf
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Fiddlehead Creek Farm & Native Plant Nursery, Salt Tolerant New York Natives Plant List 2011
http://fiddleheadcreek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Fiddlehead-Creek-Salt-Tolerant-NY-NativePlant-List-March-2011-for-web.pdf
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Penn State Cooperative Extension, Salt Tolerant Trees, Trees for Roadside Plantings by Sandy Feather,
2007
http://www.treeboss.net/salt-tolerant_trees.htm
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Post-Gazette.com, Q&A with Sandy Feather: Salt-tolerant Roadside Plants, December 8, 2007
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sectionfront/life/qa-with-sandy-feather-salt-tolerant-roadsideplants-514172/
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Penn State Extension, The Salt Tolerant Garden
http://extension.psu.edu/montgomery/programs/master-gardener/the-learning-gardens/the-salttolerant-garden
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University of Florida, Environmental Horticulture, U.S. Forest Services Department of Agriculture’s Fact
Sheet ST-145, November 1993
http://hort.ufl.edu/database/documents/pdf/tree_fact_sheets/cercana.pdf
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Cooperative Extension of University of Wisconsin 2009, Winter Salt Injury & Salt Tolerant Landscape
Plants, Laura G. Jull Associate Professor of Horticulture.
http://pdf.countyofdane.com/myfairlakes/A3877.pdf
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Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, Michael A. Dirr – Selection of Trees for Tolerance to Salt Injury,
1976
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Plant & Pet Advisory, Rutgers Cooperative Extension at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station,
De-Icing Salts Can Injure Roadside Vegetation – Ann B. Gould, Ph.D. Specialist in Plant Pathology
http://njaes.rutgers.edu/pubs/plantandpestadvisory/2003/ln1106.pdf
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Breuster Conservation Commission Massachusetts – Acceptable Plantings for Buffers to Resource Areas
http://www.town.brewster.ma.us/files/lndscp1.pdf
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Environmental Concern Inc., Wetland Planting Guide for the Northeastern United States by Gwendolyn
A. Thunhorst
http://www.wetland.org/publications_home.htm
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Donnan Landscape Services, Salt Tolerant Plants List
http://www.donnan.com/preferences.htm#SALT_TOLERANT_PLANTS
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Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, Coastal Landscaping (Plant Highlights and Images)
http://www.mass.gov/czm/coastal_landscaping/plants.htm
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Cardno JFNew, 2012 Native Plant Nursery Resource Catalog, Walkerton, Indiana
http://catalog.cardnojfnew.com/publication/?m=21092&l=1
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Giverny Gardens, Plant Availability (Salt tolerance definitions), Jupiter, Florida
http://www.givernygardens.com/
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Garden Keeper, Seaside Planting List, East Lyme, Connecticut
http://www.gardenkeeperct.com/Design_Ideas_Bloom_Time_and_Color_Seaside_Planting_List.php
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New England Wetland Plants, Inc., Catalog – Seed Mixes – New England Coastal Salt Tolerant Grass Mix,
Amherst, Massachusetts
http://www.newp.com/catalogue-seeds.html
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Gerry’s Tree and Shrub Nursery, Salt Tolerant Trees and Shrubs (from Landscape Ontario’s Survival
Guide for Professionals), Twillingate, Newfoundland
http://gerrystreenursery.com/Salt-Tolerant-Trees.pdf
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CoastScapes, Salt-Tolerant Ocean Beach Native Plants for Coastal Georgia
http://www.coastscapes.org/Library/CoastScapesSaltTolerantPlantList%20No%20References.pdf
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Virginia Cooperative Extension, Trees and Shrubs that Tolerate Saline Soils and Salt Spray Drift,
Blacksburg, VA
http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/430/430-031/430-031.html
GSI Standard Details
for Public Park and Recreation Facilities
February 4, 2013