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Examples of natural water flow in urban areas: Red Hook and Greenwood Cemetery
1:35:26
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Council Member Avilés shares examples of natural water flow in urban areas, specifically in Red Hook and Greenwood Cemetery, to illustrate the potential for nature-based solutions in water management.
- In Red Hook, students found freshwater in areas expected to have saltwater, reflecting the natural topography
- Greenwood Cemetery was cited as a significant piece of land that helps with flood mitigation for Sunset Park and surrounding areas
- Avilés expresses curiosity about how DEP is looking at these opportunities and matching them with what makes sense in the built environment
- She acknowledges the challenges of implementing nature-based solutions in urban areas
Alexa Avilés
1:35:26
Right, no I have a recent example of some students that were studying some resiliency elements within Red Hawk and noted that where they thought they would be finding salt water, they were finding fresh water.
1:35:41
And noted in looking at some old maps that the fresh water was finding its way in certain parts of the neighborhood because it reflected the natural topography.
1:35:53
And so part of the question whether it was flooding or least they thought it was flooding, they thought it was salt water because we have that in fact it was something slightly different.
1:36:03
So, of course we were thinking what are the kind of nature based solutions that you could potentially do.
1:36:09
But also even Greenwood Cemetery which is a really significant piece of land that really helps flood mitigation for Sunset Park and that whole entire area in the other part of my district.
1:36:22
So just curious about how DEP certainly is looking at all these opportunities and where it's kind of matching what makes sense.
1:36:34
I know the built environment is really challenging regards and there are probably other variables.
1:36:39
So just curious about this new thing that I heard about, which is probably old news to you all, about street creeks and what other kind of nature we could continue to employ there.