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Wisconsin water officials passed a pollution permit requiring the Milwaukee area to develop one million gallons of green stormwater capacity annually for the next five years. the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage district (MMSd) has been sponsoring the installation of area green roofs for nearly a decade, including this planting at the Aquatics Unlimited store in Greenfield, Wisconsin in december 2010. Milwaukee's Green Stormwater Mandate Milwaukee is the first U.S. city to mandate "green infrastructure" to contain and manage stormwater. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued a five-year wastewater discharge permit in January that requires the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) to establish one million gallons of green stormwater storage capacity each year. Sewer pipes, bedrock tunnels and concrete reservoirs cannot be used to meet the mandate. The district will have to employ a number of green practices to meet the mandate, including plantings and soils, rain barrels, green roofs, rain gardens, bioswales and permeable hardscapes. The district will also work to conserve wetlands. The mandate requires that no more than 75 percent of the one million gallons of stormwater storage can come from new purchases of wetlands or floodplains, so the district must work with municipalities and private property owners to achieve at least 250,000 gallons of stormwater storage. IPEMA provides third-party product certification services for U.S. and Canadian public play equipment and safety surfacing materials. www. landscapeonline.com/research/ article/17028 Photo: KoCh LAndSCAPE ArChItECtUrE TÜV SÜD Signs New Agreement As Third-Party Lab for IPEMA TÜV SÜD America www.tuvamerica.com and the International Play Equipment Manufacturers Association (IPEMA) have announced a new five-year agreement for the continuation of TÜV SÜD's current role as third-party testing/certification laboratory. The two groups have a 15 plus year relationship. In the interest of playground safety, IPEMA www.ipema.com provides third-party product certification services for U.S. and Canadian public play equipment and safety surfacing materials. The services provide validation of a participant's certification of conformance to one or more of these standards: • ASTM F1487 - Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Playground Equipment for Public Use • CAN/CSA-Z614 - Children's Play spaces and Equipment • ASTM F1292 - Standard Specification for Impact Attenuation of Surface Systems Under and Around Playground Equipment • ASTM F2075 - Standard Specification for Engineered Wood Fiber for Use as a Playground Safety Surface Under and Around Playground Equipment The TÜV SÜD Group has more than 800 locations and over 17,000 employees, making it able to test, inspect and certify children's products to regulatory requirements wherever these products are produced worldwide. IPEMA and TÜV SÜD have a 15 plus year relationship. Information Request # 685 82 Landscape Architect and Specifier News