Retrofitting the Urban Landscape for Water Quality: Arkansas Water Resources Center Water Webinar/April 16th
March 12, 2026
By:
Walter G. Wright
Category:
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
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The Arkansas Water Resources Center (“AWRC”) is holding an April 16th water webinar titled:
Retrofitting the Urban Landscape for Water Quality, Illinois River Watershed Partnership (“Webinar”).
The speakers will be:
- Annie Sales, Director of Restoration Services, Illinois River Watershed Partnership.
- Chris Herrera, Stormwater Coordinator, City of Springdale, AR.
AWRC states that the Webinar will focus on:
… practical retrofit strategies that can be integrated into built urban environments.
Topics will include:
- Diverting downspouts into landscaping.
- Converting parking islands into rain gardens.
- Retrofitting detention and retention ponds.
- Naturalizing stream corridors.
- Restoring floodplains.
- Case examples.
- Rain gardens at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park.
- Apple Orchard neighborhood detention pond retrofit.
- Spring Creek naturalization in downtown Springdale.
- Blossom Way floodplain and creek restoration in Rogers.
The speakers will also discuss how projects move from concept to construction, including:
- Regulatory drivers.
- Partnerships between municipalities and watershed organizations.
- Funding and phasing.
- Long-term maintenance.
A copy of the flyer including registration information can be found here.
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