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Stormwater retrofits should be applied along with other available watershed restoration strategies for reducing pollutants, restoring habitat and stabilizing stream morphology as part of an integrated watershed restoration program. While some professionals rightfully assert that true watershed restoration is not feasible, the term is applied here as simply a concerted strategy to at least partially restore a native biological community to a given stream, lake or river.
Many, if not most, of the components listed above should be planned in conjunction with an urban retrofit program, and rarely should be considered without one. Without establishing a stable, predictable hydrologic water regime which regulates the volume, duration, frequency, and rate of flow, many of these other strategies may be disappointing failures. To successfully restore a stream�s overall aquatic health, stormwater retrofitting is an essential element.