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Green Stormwater Infrastructure Maintenance
All green infrastructure practices, including those found on District-owned lands, require maintenance to ensure functionality and continued value to our waterways. Some of the frequent maintenance events that GSI practices require include:
- Trash & debris removal - Weeding
- Inlet & overflow cleanout - Cleaning
- Sweeping - Planting or re-planting
- Sediment Removal - Restorative Maintenance
DOEE will ensure that all GSI practices on District-owned lands receive their required maintenance. This includes:
- Routine maintenance - where DOEE vendors provide scheduled maintenance touches to our practices; and
- On-call maintenance - where DOEE can respond to requests from the general public on facilities that may need to be maintained.
To do this work, DOEE has established grants and contracts that:
- Work to dispatch crews to handle needed maintenance; and
- Train local DC residents, including those from historically disadvantaged communities and backgrounds, to learn and understand the requirements to maintain GI in urban areas like the District.
To learn more about DOEE’s Green Infrastructure Maintenance program, please visit our StoryMap (StoryMap link coming soon).
District Green Infrastructure Map
Please consult this map to view all the public green infrastructure practices in the District.
Want to Adopt Green Infrastructure in Your Community?
Have you spotted a rain garden in your community that you and your community group would like to adopt? With a little bit of knowledge and training, you too can help provide supplemental care to DOEE’s green infrastructure between routine maintenance visits by DOEE’s teams.
To learn more about volunteer stewardship of the District’s bioretentions and rain gardens, please visit Green Infrastructure Stewardship.