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Implementation

Publications

City of Gary Green Infrastructure Plan

October 9, 2020

Investing in Communities, Redeveloping Brownfields

November 9, 2015

Phytoremediation Overview for Brownfield Redevelopment

November 9, 2015

Rain Garden CAD Files Open Source Download

August 21, 2015

Underground Storage CAD Files Open Source Download

August 21, 2015

Permeable Pavement CAD Files Open Source Download

August 21, 2015

Bioswale Hybrid Ditch CAD Files Open Source Download

August 21, 2015

How-to-Phytoremediation; Brownfields into Assets through Community Forestry

June 24, 2015

Cook County Waste Management: Environmental & Economic Benefits for Chicagoland

October 30, 2014

Sustainability Planning Analysis

August 8, 2013

Projects

Innovative Municipal Green Infrastructure ESG Financing

Innovative Municipal Green Infrastructure ESG Financing

Delta Institute is piloting an innovative financing and service delivery approach to support small-to-mid-sized Great Lakes municipalities to implement GI at scale—with the opportunity to transform GI financing in our home region.

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Restoring The Duck Creek Tributary In Northwest Indiana

Restoring The Duck Creek Tributary In Northwest Indiana

Delta Institute is restoring a key waterway in Hobart, Indiana, that flows throughout the entire watershed and ultimately into Lake Michigan. Currently the waterway, the Duck Creek Tributary, overflows with pollution, sediment, and toxins—impacting the water quality downstream for many communities, including multiple that are designated Environmental Justice (EJ) communities.

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Protecting Water Quality on Chicago’s Southeast Side via Stormwater Wetlands at the IIPD

Protecting Water Quality on Chicago’s Southeast Side via Stormwater Wetlands at the IIPD

Delta Institute is working with our long-term partner, the Illinois International Port District to assess and evaluate the placement and creation of two new wetlands that will capture stormwater on IIPD's land--keeping pollutants from entering the Calumet River and traveling through dozens of downstream communities.

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Expanding and Stewarding Regional Forest Canopy via a Tree Planting Consortium in Northwest Indiana

Expanding and Stewarding Regional Forest Canopy via a Tree Planting Consortium in Northwest Indiana

Delta Institute (Delta) is working with municipal, business, and community partners in Lake County, Indiana to expand regional forest canopy acreage via an innovative multi-community approach to comprehensive canopy mapping; forest planning, installing 2,240+ trees, and expanding maintenance and capacity building. These efforts will be achieved via a collaborative tree planting consortium structure with foundational inclusive community engagement throughout the entire process.

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Generating Critical Data and Methods to Support Nature-Based Green Infrastructure in Chicago Communities

Generating Critical Data and Methods to Support Nature-Based Green Infrastructure in Chicago Communities

Delta Institute (Delta) is working with community partners to install and monitor the impacts and benefits of nature-based Green Infrastructure projects in the BIPOC-majority Chicago neighborhoods of Washington Park, Woodlawn, and South Shore in concert with Emerald South’s Terra Firma project to develop replicable resources for communities throughout the region. Our goal is to streamline green infrastructure implementation, maintenance, and assessment strategy.

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Stormwater Tree Planting on the Hart Montague Trail in Oceana County, Michigan

Stormwater Tree Planting on the Hart Montague Trail in Oceana County, Michigan

Stormwater runoff from parking lots, roadways, buildings, and other impervious surfaces carries oils, grease, pesticides, sediment, and excess nutrients such as phosphorous and nitrogen into groundwater and nearby natural bodies of water--including to Lake Michigan through watershed tributaries. Delta Institute and our partners planted more than 700 trees in Oceana County, Michigan along the Hart Montague Trail, and on roadways within five adjacent communities.

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Cheney Run Wetland Creation, Stormwater Design and Installation in Michigan City, Indiana

Cheney Run Wetland Creation, Stormwater Design and Installation in Michigan City, Indiana

Delta Institute partnered with the Michigan City Sanitary District (MCSD) and the Alliance for the Great Lakes to make stormwater, ecological restoration, and recreation improvements at Michigan City’s Cheney Run. A 40-acre site surrounded by wetlands, Cheney Run is a primary source of stormwater-related pollution that ends up in the Trail Creek, a major tributary that feeds into Lake Michigan.

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Stormwater Management Installations throughout Hobart, Indiana

Stormwater Management Installations throughout Hobart, Indiana

Delta Institute and the City of Hobart, Indiana have implemented four GI installations throughout the city, including a courtyard rain garden at Hobart Middle School, a parking lot rain garden and permeable pavement in the front and backsides of Hobart City Hall, and a large bioswale in the city’s Hillman Park. These installations will collectively provide an additional 800,000 to 3.5 million gallons of stormwater management capacity.

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Collaborating with the Illinois International Port District for Economic Growth and Infrastructure Expansion

Collaborating with the Illinois International Port District for Economic Growth and Infrastructure Expansion

Delta Institute is working with our long-term partner, the Illinois International Port District to implement numerous activities and achieve goals as laid out in the Port's 2030 Master Plan.

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