Green rainwater infrastructure design resources

Find technical resources related to the design and construction of green infrastructure on private property, such as design guidance and typical drawings, and system templates. This page may be updated frequently as new guidance documents are developed.

Design

Design guidance
- Green infrastructure design manual (378 KB) (added January 12, 2024)
Typical drawings and system templates
Download PDF files
- 1.0 General information (427 KB) (added February 1, 2025)
- 2.0 Inlets and outlets (1 MB) (added February 1, 2025)
- 3.0 GI Components (1.3 MB) (added February 1, 2025)
- 4.0 Bioretention (1.7 MB) (added February 1, 2025)
- 5.0 Rainwater tree trenches (2.6 MB) (added February 1, 2025)
- 6.0 Infiltration systems (1.8 MB) (added February 1, 2025)
- 7.0 Bioswales (1.5 MB) (added February 1, 2025)
- 8.0 Permeable pavements (1 MB) (added February 1, 2025)
- All green infrastructure standard drawings (7.8 MB) (added February 1, 2025)
Download CAD files as compressed .zip folders
- 2.0 Inlets and outlets (1.3 MB) (added December 19, 2024)
- 3.0 GI Components (2.3 MB) (added December 19, 2024)
- 4.0 Bioretention (2.3 MB) (added December 19, 2024)
- 5.0 Rainwater tree trenches (1.8 MB) (added December 19, 2024)
- 6.0 Infiltration systems (975 KB) (added December 19, 2024)
- 7.0 Bioswales (1.2 MB) (added December 19, 2024)
- 8.0 Permeable pavers (1.3 MB) (added December 19, 2024)
Planting guidelines
- Planting strategies (2.2 MB) (added May 1, 2025)
- Green infrastructure approved plant list (24 KB) (added March 14, 2024)
- Green rainwater infrastructure planting guidelines (16.7 MB) (added February 18, 2025)

Archived drawings
Download PDF files
- 1.0 General information (432 KB) (added December 18, 2023)
- 2.0 Inlets and outlets (945 KB) (added December 15, 2023)
- 3.0 GI Components (1.3 MB) (added December 15, 2023)
- 4.0 Bioretention (1.7 MB) (added December 15, 2023)
- 5.0 Rainwater tree trenches (2.2 MB) (added December 15, 2023)
- 6.0 Infiltration systems (1.7 MB) (added December 15, 2023)
- 7.0 Bioswales (1.5 MB) (added December 15, 2023)
- 8.0 Permeable pavements (940 KB) (added December 15, 2023)
- All green infrastructure standard drawings (7 MB) (added December 15, 2023)
Download CAD files as compressed .zip folders
- 2.0 Inlets and outlets (1.4 MB) (added December 15, 2023)
- 3.0 GI Components (3 MB) (added December 15, 2023)
- 4.0 Bioretention (2.4 MB) (added December 15, 2023)
- 5.0 Rainwater tree trenches (2 MB) (added December 15, 2023)
- 6.0 Infiltration systems (1 MB) (added December 15, 2023)
- 7.0 Bioswales (1.3 MB) (added December 15, 2023)
- 8.0 Permeable pavers (1.4 MB) (added December 15, 2023)

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