Planning for Stormwater

The quality of water that runs through your neighborhood reflects your quality of life. Planning for Stormwater gives community planners the tools to make water a resource for greater economic development. It includes design ideas for better engineering, vegetation concepts, and case studies in real communities.


In Planning for Stormwater, you will learn:

• Design ideas for engineering

• Vegetation concepts that combine natural beauty with reliable function

• Case studies in real communities


Travel with Alabama Extension experts to communities across Alabama and learn how your community can protect water quality and plan for community development. City leaders, developers, and engineers take you behind the scenes to real case studies to show how stormwater planning can shape a community for generations to come.

• Railroad Park—Birmingham, Alabama

• Toomer’s Corner—Auburn, Alabama

• Tornado recovery—Tuscaloosa, Alabama


When it’s done right, natural resources are protected and your community is perceived as beautiful, innovative, and inviting.