Working Water: Reinventing the Storm Drain

About Bill Wenk

Bill Wenk is founder and President of Wenk Associates Inc. a Denver-based landscape architectural firm. For over 37 years Bill has been influential in the restoration and redevelopment of urban river and stream corridors the transformation of derelict urban land and the design of public parks and open spaces. He is recognized nationally for utilizing stormwater as a resource. Bill's extensive portfolio includes a master plan for the reclamation of the 32-mile Los Angeles River corridor in California; green infrastructure planning and implementation for the redevelopment of abandoned railyards and restoration of the Menomonee River in Milwaukee Wisconsin; and transformation of the South Platte River Valley in the heart of Denver into a mosaic of parks open spaces and in-fill development. All projects focus on site and district-scale infrastructure systems that incorporate stormwater as a multi-benefit resource. Bill lectures frequently at universities and conferences across the nation on the integration of stormwater systems and public space as a component of green infrastructure. He served on a National Science Foundation committee assembled to recommend revisions to Federal rules and regulations governing nonpoint source stormwater pollution. He has served as a visiting professor at several universities. Bill holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Oregon and a Bachelor of Science Landscape Architecture from Michigan State University and is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects.