- 1.LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND David Waggonner Waggonner and Ball
31 March 2014 Restoring Balance to the City Water is the Eye of the
Earth
2. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND 3. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND 4.
LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND 5. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND 6. LIVING
WATER, BUOYANT LAND 7. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND 8. LIVING WATER,
BUOYANT LAND Amsterdam, Netherlands 9. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND
Amsterdam, Netherlands 10. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Rotterdam,
Netherlands 11. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Rotterdam, Netherlands
12. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Shaoxing, China 13. LIVING WATER,
BUOYANT LAND Shaoxing, China 14. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND New
Orleans 15. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND New Orleans 16. LIVING
WATER, BUOYANT LAND 17. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Mardi Gras
Parade, New Orleans 18. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND New Orleans
Matters 19. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Water Economy 20. LIVING
WATER, BUOYANT LAND Water City 21. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Dutch
Dialogues 22. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND MULTIPLE LINES OF DEFENSE
Urban Water Management Louisiana 2007 Coastal Master Plan Multiple
Lines of Defense 23. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Living Lines of
Defense 24. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Combining Good Ideas 25.
LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Planning Approach Inhabitation Land
Cover Infrastructure Networks Soils Water Biodiversity 26. LIVING
WATER, BUOYANT LAND Problems 1. Flooding 2. Subsidence 3. Water
Assets Wasted 27. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND 1. Flooding 2.
Subsidence 3. Water Assets Wasted Problems 28. LIVING WATER,
BUOYANT LAND 1. Flooding 2. Subsidence 3. Water Assets Wasted
Problems 29. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Opportunities 1. Improved
Safety 2. Economic Vitality 3. Enhanced Quality of Life 30. LIVING
WATER, BUOYANT LAND 1. Improved Safety 2. Economic Vitality 3.
Enhanced Quality of Life Opportunities 31. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT
LAND 1. Improved Safety 2. Economic Vitality 3. Enhanced Quality of
Life Opportunities 32. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Problems: 10 Year
Storm Modeled Flooding Estimated Damages Due to Flooding Over Next
Fifty Years: $7.99 Billion 33. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND System
Modeling: Proposed Water System 34. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND
Landscape Types: Soils and Subsidence Estimated Damages Due to
Subsidence Over Next Fifty Years: $2.19 Billion High Subsidence
Potential Moderate Subsidence Potential 35. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT
LAND Living in a Basin 36. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Landscape
Types 37. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND A Tale of Two Systems Pump +
Drain Store DrainSlow 38. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Water
Strategies: Split at the Ridge 39. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND
Proposed Stormwater Flows A storage-based system that works with
natural features System scale water storage Small scale strategies
to slow water Split at the ridge waterworks 5 miles Stormwater
Proposals 40. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Proposed Everyday Water
Flows A circulating system to recharge groundwater and improve
quality Brackish water Fresh water Urban wetland filtration 5 miles
41. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Living Water System System
Components Green Streets, Circulating Canals, Parklands, and
Waterfronts 42. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Costs Come Before
Benefits 43. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Regional Costs vs. Benefits
Over Fifty Years 52 Greater New Orleans UrBuilding Value Estimated
Economic Value: Quantitative Benefits Common two-year, five-year,
and ten-year storm events in the New Orleans area (with 50%, 20%,
and 10% chance of occurring each year, respectively) impose an
economic drain on local businesses and property owners. Beyond the
structural damage and lost worker productivity, these flood events,
over 50 years, produce approximately 600,000 tons of debris and
leave over 270,000 households in need of temporary shelter. Reduced
Flooding Cost $8.0 Billion By actively managing the regions
groundwater levels, the Plan minimizes land subsidence, thereby
reducing damage to structures and infrastructure, including levee
improvement costs. Only costs associated with building structural
damage are presented here. Infrastructure costs due to subsidence,
such as damage to streets, sidewalks, utilities, etc, which are not
quantified within the scope of this project, will be significantly
higher. Reduced Subsidence Cost $2.2 Billion The National Flood
Insurance Program allows cities and counties to earn discounts on
flood insurance premiums for their residents through the Community
Rating System. The CRS awards points to communities that implement
technical solutions and outreach campaigns that mitigate flood
risk. Analysis of the credits currently earned by Orleans and
Jefferson Parish communities, and the range of credits available,
reveals that there is potential for significant savings in all
three parishes. Lower Flood Insurance Premiums $609 Million By
investing in new open canals, storage areas and green space, the
Urban Water Plan stands to have a positive impact on property
values and new investment. Over 41,500 properties lie within 200
meters of a proposed intervention or improvement. Using assessed
values for these parcels, it is estimated that with intensive
implementation, property values would increase by $183 million.
Increased Property Values $183 Million The Urban Water Plan
introduces a new industry, creating jobs in the design,
construction, and maintenance of stormwater management practices.
In addition to the wages paid to individual workers, these new jobs
create an economic benefit to society in expanding the tax base and
reducing poverty- related costs. Intensive implementation of the
plan would create up to 101,790 direct and indirect jobs (full and
part-time) over the next 50 years and have a regional economic
impact of $11.3 Billion. Economic Impact and Job Creation $11.3
Billion >$22.3 Billion = Total Economic Be + + + EEcono & Jo
Reduced Cost of Flood Damages Reduced Cost of Subsidence Damage
Improved Insurability Increased Property Values 1%2% 10% 36%
Quantitative Benefit Ratios 0 5 10 6.2 22.3 15 20 Slow Store Drain
Incre Prop Impr Insur Redu due t Redu due t Econ & Jo Urban
Water Plan Long-Term Cost 50 Year Benefit Billions($) Plan Costs
vs. Benefits + 53Greater New Orleans Urban Water Planlue mated
Economic Value: Quantitative Benefits Common two-year, five-year,
and ten-year storm events in the New Orleans area (with 50%, 20%,
and 10% chance of occurring each year, respectively) impose an
economic drain on local businesses and property owners. Beyond the
structural damage and lost worker productivity, these flood events,
over 50 years, produce approximately 600,000 tons of debris and
leave over 270,000 households in need of temporary shelter. educed
Flooding Cost $8.0 Billion By actively managing the regions
groundwater levels, the Plan minimizes land subsidence, thereby
reducing damage to structures and infrastructure, including levee
improvement costs. Only costs associated with building structural
damage are presented here. Infrastructure costs due to subsidence,
such as damage to streets, sidewalks, utilities, etc, which are not
quantified within the scope of this project, will be significantly
higher. duced Subsidence Cost $2.2 Billion The National Flood
Insurance Program allows cities and counties to earn discounts on
flood insurance premiums for their residents through the Community
Rating System. The CRS awards points to communities that implement
technical solutions and outreach campaigns that mitigate flood
risk. Analysis of the credits currently earned by Orleans and
Jefferson Parish communities, and the range of credits available,
reveals that there is potential for significant savings in all
three parishes. Lower Flood urance Premiums $609 Million By
investing in new open canals, storage areas and green space, the
Urban Water Plan stands to have a positive impact on property
values and new investment. Over 41,500 properties lie within 200
meters of a proposed intervention or improvement. Using assessed
values for these parcels, it is estimated that with intensive
implementation, property values would increase by $183 million.
creased Property Values $183 Million The Urban Water Plan
introduces a new industry, creating jobs in the design,
construction, and maintenance of stormwater management practices.
In addition to the wages paid to individual workers, these new jobs
create an economic benefit to society in expanding the tax base and
reducing poverty- related costs. Intensive implementation of the
plan would create up to 101,790 direct and indirect jobs (full and
part-time) over the next 50 years and have a regional economic
impact of $11.3 Billion. conomic Impact nd Job Creation $11.3
Billion >$22.3 Billion = Total Economic Benefit + + + EEconomic
Impact & Job Creation Reduced Cost of Flood Damages Reduced
Cost of Subsidence Damage Improved Insurability Increased Property
Values 51% 1%2% 10% 36% Quantitative Benefit Ratios 0 5 10 6.2 22.3
15 20 Slow Store Drain Increased Property Values Improved
Insurability Reduced Damages due to Subsidence Reduced Damages due
to Flooding Economic Impact & Job Creation Urban Water Plan
Long-Term Cost 50 Year Benefit Billions($) Plan Costs vs. Benefits
+ 44. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Diverse Populations 45. LIVING
WATER, BUOYANT LAND September 2013 Waggonner & Ball Architects
Vision Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan 46. LIVING WATER,
BUOYANT LAND September 2013 Waggonner & Ball Architects Urban
Design Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan September 2013
Waggonner & Ball Architects Implementation Greater New Orleans
Urban Water Plan September 2013 H+N+S Landscape Architects System
Design Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan 47. Team & Partners
Arcadis Deltares Royal Haskoning City of Rotterdam City of
Amsterdam H+N+S Landscape Architects Bosch Slabbers Landscape
Architects Robbert de Koning Landscape Architect Palmbout Urban
Landscapes Technical University Delft Manning Architects Dana Brown
Landscape Architects FutureProof CDM Smith Nelson Engineers
Dewberry GCR Eustis Engineering Sherwood Design Engineers Tulane
University LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio Bright Moments
Waggonner & Ball ArchitectsWaggonner & Ball Architects 48.
LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Living in a Basin Metro Basin Orleans
East Basin St. Bernard Basin Adaptation will be second nature, as
the region, the place which President Jefferson referred to as the
Island of New Orleans, becomes a true delta city. 49. LIVING WATER,
BUOYANT LAND Lake Pontchartrain Lake Borgne West Bank Jefferson
Parish New Orleans New Orleans East St. Bernard Gulf of Mexico
Regional Plan 50. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Jefferson Basin 1.
Louis Armstrong International Airport 2. Airline to City Center 3.
Elmwood Fields and Water Lanes 4. Hoeys Basin 5. 17th St. Canal 6.
Canal St. Canal 7. Veterans Canal 8. Kenner Parklands 9. LaBranche
Wetlands 10. Lake Pontchartrain 9 8 1 10 2 7 3 6 5 4 51. LIVING
WATER, BUOYANT LAND 1 6 2 3 4 7 9 9 9 10 11 12 1. Lafitte Blueway
2. Orleans Avenue Canal 3. Bayou St. John 4. London Avenue Canal 5.
Filmore (Gentilly) 6. Claiborne Corridor 7. Desire Parklands 8.
Inner Harbor Navigation Canal 9. Uptown Streets 10. Palmetto Canal
11. Hollygrove & the Monticello Canal 12. Lakeview 5 6 11
Orleans Basin 52. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Orleans East Basin 7.
Bayou Michoud 8. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway 2 1 3 1. Chef Menteur
Highway 2. Dwyer Canal 3. Heart of the East 4. Morrison Canal 5.
Lincoln Beach and Lake Pontchartrain 6. Bayou Sauvage Wildlife
Refuge 4 8 53. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND St. Bernard Basin 1.
Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans 2. Bayou Bienvenue 3. Chalmette 4.
Forty Arpent Zone 5. Central Wetlands Unit 6. Violet Canal 7. Bayou
Terre aux Boeufs 1 3 4 7 5 2 6 54. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND St.
Bernard Basin: Chalmette and Lower Ninth Ward 55. LIVING WATER,
BUOYANT LAND Chalmette Blueway 56. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND
Chalmette Blueway 57. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Forty Arpent Canal
58. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND N Claiborne Avenue Florida Canal St.
Claude Avenue Potential Streetcar Line Bayou Bienvenue Wetlands
Assmiliation Project Lower Ninth Ward and Desire Parklands 59.
LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Lower Ninth Ward: Adaptive Wetlands 60.
LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Inner Harbor 61. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT
LAND City Arrival 62. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Integrate Water
and Transportation Networks 63. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Airport
Arrival and Kenner Wetlands 64. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Canal
Street Canal: Groundwater Infiltration Test 65. LIVING WATER,
BUOYANT LAND Canal Street Canal: Groundwater Infiltration Test 66.
LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Canal Street Canal: Revitalized Canal
67. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Lowland Canals: Typical Canal
Retrofits West Esplanade Canal 68. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND
Lowland Canals: Typical Canal Retrofits West Esplanade Canal 69.
LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Wally Pontiff Park 70. LIVING WATER,
BUOYANT LAND New Identity for Jefferson 71. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT
LAND Kenner Wetlands 72. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Elmwood
District Dry Condition Wet Condition Watersystem: Condition dry
period May 2013Jefferson Elmwood, lines & fields Waterlane
Waterlane Gutter Gutter Parking lots Empty lots Waterway Culvert
waterway Small weir Big pump 400 1600 4000 8000 Small rainfall
Oktober 2012Jefferson Elmwood, lines & fields Filled waterlane
Waterlane Gutter InfiltrationStorage Gutter Infiltration in parking
lots Infiltration/storage on empty lots Waterflow Storage Small
weir Big pump 73. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Elmwood District:
Green Rooftops and Parking Lots 74. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND
Elmwood District: Water Lanes 75. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND
Commercial Setbacks: Proposed Condition 76. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT
LAND Uptown to Bucktown: Redirect Upslope Drainage 77. LIVING
WATER, BUOYANT LAND Uptown to Bucktown: Interceptor Streets 78.
LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Uptown to Bucktown: Interceptor Streets
79. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Uptown to Bucktown: River to Lake
Katrina Memorial West End storage basin and park Connections to
Jeerson Parish Lake Avenue New developments with mixed-use
waterfront housing Slow, Store, Drain locally with vacant lots;
basin-wide with vacant lots Canal Street Canal Redesign canal to
store water in rain event; recharge groundwater in dry periods
Networks of bike and pedestrian pathways Emergency water overow and
everyday ow to reduce subsidence 17th Street Canal Upper lower
water level; widen canal; lower walls; bike and pedestrian access
Lower capacity for Pump 6 17th Street Canal Lower uctuating water
levels: high when dry, drain before it rains Cascade to slow
stormwater and runo storage Possible enlarged storage capacity
Possible water storage and riverfront development adjacent to new
development Xavier University waterfront development bridging
Palmetto Canal Palmetto Canal Raise water levels; provide
pedestrian pathways and recreation Hollygrove slow, store, drain;
utilize NORA lots and parks Emergency stormwater overow Emergency
inlet to reduce subsidence Purication zone for river water Bike
Trail Pump to River outlet for Claiborne New inlet for drinking
water Retain, Store, Drain Slow, drain Split of water basins 80.
LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Monticello Canal 81. LIVING WATER,
BUOYANT LAND Monticello Canal 82. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND
Monticello Proposal 83. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Uptown to
Bucktown: Hoeys Basin/Monticello Canal 84. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT
LAND Uptown to Bucktown: Hoeys Basin/Monticello Canal 85. SANKT
JRGENS S Zollhallen Platz, Freiburg Linnenbauerplatz, Herford 86.
SANKT JRGENS S 87. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Uptown to Bucktown:
Hollygrove 88. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND dry wet Uptown to
Bucktown: Floating Streets 89. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Uptown to
Bucktown: Floating Streets 90. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Lakeview
and Bucktown 91. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Pontilly Hazard
Mitigation Grant 92. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Pontilly Hazard
Mitigation Grant 93. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND 18 miles DPS #4 DPS
#3 DPS #7 DPS #6 DPS Dwyer DPS #19 26 linear miles of potential
waterfront Rediscovered Waterfronts 94. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND
London Avenue Canal 95. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Outfall Canals
96. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Figure 3 4 6 8 10 12 VD) London
Canal Minimum Bank Elevation 1 ft Freeboard 2 ft Freeboard Scenario
1 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000
Elevation(ftNAV Distance from DPS03 (ft) London Avenue Canal Figure
4 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 VD) Orleans Canal Minimum Bank Elevation 1 ft
Freeboard 2 ft Freeboard Scenario 1 -2.0 -1.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 0.0
2000.0 4000.0 6000.0 8000.0 10000.0 12000.0 Elevation(ftNAV
Distance from DPS7 (ft) Orleans Canal Outfall Canals 97. LIVING
WATER, BUOYANT LAND Outfall Canals 98. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND
City Park 99. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND City Park 100. LIVING
WATER, BUOYANT LAND Lafitte Blueway: Historic Water Identity 101.
LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Greater New Orleans Water Management
StrategyLafitte Blueway Drainage Impact Waggonner & Ball
ArchitectsLafitte Blueway: Drainage Impact 102. LIVING WATER,
BUOYANT LAND Lafitte Blueway 103. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND
Circulating System 104. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Lafitte Blueway:
Basin Street 105. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Lafitte Blueway: Bayou
Cascade 106. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND London Avenue Canal
Wetlands 107. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND London Avenue Canal
Wetlands 108. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Mirabeau Water Garden 109.
LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Mirabeau Water Garden 110. LIVING WATER,
BUOYANT LAND Mirabeau Water Garden 140 acres CAPTURED RUNOFF DIRECT
SECONDARY 745 acres IMPROVED FLOW PUMP STATION #4 FRENCHQUARTER
PUMP STATION #3 PUMP STATION #17 PUMP STATION #19 L A K E P O N T C
H A R T R A I N LAKEFRONT PUMP STATION (INTERIM) LONDONAVENUECANAL
INDUSTRIALCANAL BAYOUST.JOHN This area drains through two main
pipes under Mirabeau and Owens Blvds, which can be diverted into
the site Retention upstream allows drainage in this area to ow more
efciently to Pump Station #4 Reduced volume at Pump Station #4
benets the entire Gentilly area 2,900 acres INCREASED PUMP CAPACITY
Less water entering the London Avenue Canal at Pump Station #4
makes pumping at Station #3 more effective LOWERED CANAL WALLS6,115
acres (London Avenue Canal watershed) BENEFITS 25 acres RETENTION
AND STORAGE CSJ + adjacent vacant properties developed into water
storage M I S S I S S I P P I R I V E R 3,785 acres 6,115 acres
TOTAL 9,900 acres N 1 mi 111. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Forebay
Municipal Drainage Pump Filtration Terraces Public Access Cypress
Forest Swimming Pool Willow Grove Lillies Grasses Mirabeau Water
Garden LIGHT RAIN EVENTDRY CONDITION EXTREME RAIN EVENTAVERAGE RAIN
EVENT 112. LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Mirabeau Water Garden 113.
LIVING WATER, BUOYANT LAND Living with Water 114. CLAIMING THE
EDGE, CONNECTING THE CENTER Bridgeport 115. CLAIMING THE EDGE,
CONNECTING THE CENTER Bridgeport 116. CLAIMING THE EDGE, CONNECTING
THE CENTER Bridgeport 117. CLAIMING THE EDGE, CONNECTING THE CENTER
Bridgeport 118. CLAIMING THE EDGE, CONNECTING THE CENTER Bridgeport
119. CLAIMING THE EDGE, CONNECTING THE CENTER Bridgeport 120.
CLAIMING THE EDGE, CONNECTING THE CENTER Bridgeport Park to Park
Park 121. CLAIMING THE EDGE, CONNECTING THE CENTER Amsterdam l i v
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