Publications

*Documents are in .pdf format. You may download the required Acrobat Reader free from the Adobe Web site. NebGuides are 3-4 pages in length unless otherwise noted.

Stormwater Management: Disconnecting Downspouts and Impervious Surfaces, G2186

This NebGuide provides an overview of several methods to eliminate direct connections between downspouts and/or impervious surfaces and municipal storm drain systems to reduce the amount of stormwater runoff and pollutants that leave a property.
 

Stormwater Sleuth and Running Rain: Keeping It Clean! Slowing It Down!, MP97

The Stormwater Sleuth comic book is part of a youth education kit being developed by the University of Nebraska- Lincoln Stormwater Management Team.  The purpose is to teach youth across Nebraska about water resources with a focus on watersheds, urban water runoff issues, and rainwater harvesting/green infrastructure.  The comic book is available for download at the link above or in print from UNL Marketplace.

Nebraska Bioretention and Rain Garden Plants Guide, EC1261
This is the new updated version (Fall 2011).  Plant selection is essential to developing an attractive and effective bioretention or rain garden for your home landscape. Featuring plants best suited to the northern Great Plains, this UNL Extension circular provides plant photos, descriptions, and tables of plant attributes to help you make a more informed plan before heading to a nursery. Sprinkled throughout this 64-page guide are photos of how recommended plants have been used in bioretention gardens in the Midwest.  Retail price $15

Stormwater Terminology, EC701

Stormwater Management on Residential Lots, EC707

Stormwater Management: Pesticide Use in the Lawn and Garden, G1844

Stormwater Management: Water Pollution and Our Own Yards, G1848

Stormwater Management: Yard Waste Management, G1855

Stormwater Management: Landscape Water Conservation, G1859
This publication is part of a series addressing stormwater issues. It focuses on water conservation and water runoff from landscapes and their importance to the overall issue of stormwater management.
PDF version* (774 KB)

Stormwater Management: Rain Garden Design for Homeowners, G1758
This is one of a series of three NebGuides on designing and installing rain gardens to provide a functional and aesthetic means for reducing stormwater runoff in urban areas.
PDF version* (900 KB)

Stormwater Management: Installing Rain Gardens in Your Yard, G1760
This is one of a series of three NebGuides on designing and installing rain gardens to provide a functional and aesthetic means for reducing stormwater runoff in urban areas.
PDF version* (673 KB)

Stormwater Management: Plant Selection for Rain Gardens in Nebraska, G1759
This is one of a series of three NebGuides on designing and installing rain gardens to provide a functional and aesthetic means for reducing stormwater runoff in urban areas.
PDF version* (624 KB)

Bioretention Gardens: A Manual for Contractors in the Omaha Region to Design and Install Bioretention Gardens
The purpose of this guide is to specifically address the environmental conditions of eastern Nebraska and the Omaha region in particular.  It details information necessary for constructing best management practices that are both functional and attractive.
Cover and Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Landscape Environment
Chapter 3: Designing Your Bioretention Garden
Chapter 4: The First Steps: Creatingthe Foundation of Your Bioretention Garden
Chapter 5: Planting the Bioretention Garden
Chapter 6: Care and Maintenance: Assuring Success
Chapter 7: The Cost of a Bioretention Garden

Sustainable Landscapes: Rain Gardens, Bioswales, and Xeric Gardens
The purpose of this guide is to help home owners specifically address the environmental conditions of eastern Nebraska and the Omaha region in particular. It details information necessary for designing and building rain gardens, bioswales and other sustainable landscape principles. 
Cover and Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Landscape Environment
Chapter 3: Taking the Right Approach
Chapter 4: Successful Design
Chapter 5: The First Steps; Creating the Foundation of Your Sustainable Landscape
Chapter 6: Planting Your Garden
Chapter 7: The Cost of a Rain Garden and Other Sustainable Landscapesg
Chapter 8: Care and Maintenance: Ensuring Successg
Glossary

Presentation Files

NE Post-Construction Stormwater Management Conference: Bioretention Garden Preworkshop - 3/20/2012

Introduction
Context
Application
Planting Design
Selecting Plants
Case Studies

2012 NE Post-Construction Stormwater Management Conference, All-day Speakers - 3/31/2012

Keynote: Forging the Link: Linking the Economic Benefits of LID and Community Decisions - Dr. Robert Roseen , Director, University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center
Keynote: Climate and Land Use Consequences to 100-Year Flooding - Robert Roseen, P.E., Director, University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center

Keynote: Multi-variate Study of Stormwater BMPs - Jim Schuessler, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP, BNIM, Inc., Kansas City, MO

City of Omaha Infiltration Study: Performance Assessment of Two Stormwater BMPs for Infiltration, Water Quality, & Vegetative Growth - Presentation - Ted Hartsig, Olsson's & Assoc. & Andy Szatko, City of Omaha & UNL
City of Omaha Infiltration Study - Report - Ted Hartsig, Olsson's & Assoc. & Andy Szatko, City of Omaha & UNL
Towne Centre Case Study - Applying the Runoff Reduction Methodology Enables Credible Cost Comparative Analysis & Incentives for Innovative Implementation of BMPs - Ryan Bentley, Big Muddy Workshop
Performance of Established Rain Gardens in Lincoln, NE - Thomas Franti, UNL
Plant Survivability & Homeowner Perceptions in the Holmes Lake Rain Garden Pilot Program - Kelly Feehan, UNL
Emerging Plant Possibilities for Bioretention - Bob Henrickson 
Monitoring 101: Collecting data for urban watersheds in a post-construction environment - Rebecca Kauten, Senior Research Associate, University of Northern Iowa
Antelope Creek Watershed Basin Management Plan - Jon Trombino, P.E., EA Engineering, Science, and Technology; Jonathan Mohr, EA Engineering, Science, and Technology
Case Study: Bioswale Construction – A Learning Process - Selma Kessler, P.E., CFM, Civil Engineer, City of Omaha
Southland Lane Detention Pond Project is a “classroom” for future green infrastructure projects in the City of Brookings, South Dakota - Rocky Keehn, P.E., D.WRE, LEED AP, Senior Water Resources Engineer, Short Elliott Hendrickson, Inc.
Omaha Regional Post-Construction Stormwater BMP Design Manual Update - Andy Sauer, P.E. CDM Smith
Perspective of a Phase II community: Lessons learned in our first permit term - Annie Folck, Stormwater Program Specialist, City of Scottsbluff, Nebraska

Gretna Tree Presentation - 3/11/2012

Master Gardener Training: Customer Design, part 1 - 3/16/2012
Master Gardener Training: Customer Design, part 2 - 3/16/2012
Master Gardener Training: Customer Design, part 3 - 3/16/2012
Master Gardener Training: Landscape Solutions, part 1 - 3/16/2012
Master Gardener Training: Landscape Solutions, part 2 - 3/16/2012