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Smart growth at the Navy Yard?

Smart growth at the Navy Yard?. Photo: www.nps.gov. Michael Grealish and Kimberly Holmes. EPA’s Objective for Clean water. Protect human health Protect and restore watersheds and aquatic ecosystems Key focus areas: Develop a baseline for progress Increase protection of healthy waters

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Smart growth at the Navy Yard?

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  1. Smart growth at the Navy Yard? Photo: www.nps.gov Michael Grealish and Kimberly Holmes

  2. EPA’s Objective for Clean water • Protect human health • Protect and restore watersheds and aquatic ecosystems Key focus areas: • Develop a baseline for progress • Increase protection of healthy waters • Restore degraded waters • Reduce pollution from discrete sources • Enhance watershed resiliency and revitalize communities

  3. How to apply goals to working piers Within the pier 5 master plan incorporate the following: • Soft structures integrated with the hard structures • Main focus of the research center could be to develop watershed strategies for smart growth and plans to combat sea level rise problems • Include all of the Navy yard for soft structuring

  4. “Soft structures” • Use the natural slope under the piers to “restore” the area into possible salt marshes, eel grass and oyster reef, thus improving the water quality! Photo: www.bofep.org with paint addition by Michael Grealish

  5. “Soft Structures” continued • On the pier and part of the proposed “discovery center” could be views of what lives and grows beneath the pier that could improve water quality. Photo: Google Earth

  6. Hard Structure and Green technologies Considering the EPA’s plans for a clean watershed, the Navy Yard would include: • Green infrastructure approaches • Become a model for sustainable buildings as well as a working coastline • Encourage sustainable water management practices in support of the Clean water and drinking water sustainability policy • Promote “Going Green” for our future throughout the state.

  7. Working together with the watershed The Navy yard is located at the mouth of the Mystic River and the Charles River therefore; • Paired with successful buffering and better water quality practices throughout the watersheds of the two rivers the Navy Yard could be the final buffer for water entering the harbor! • With community outreach and support, Pier 5 can become a symbol for Green Technology and help raise awareness about Smart Growth and what changes need to be made for Pier 5 and Boston Harbor.

  8. References • Coming Together for Clean Water, The Challenges and Opportunities for protecting Americas Waters. • www.EPA.gov

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