SUN-C06: How Do We Stay Here? The Charleston Comprehensive Integrated Water Plan

Sunday, October 12, 2025

3:45 PM – 5:00 PM CT

1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW

Speaker(s)

Sarai Carter, Assoc. ASLA, SITES AP

Landscape Designer & Restoration Ecologist
Biohabitats, Inc
Cleveland, Ohio
Andy Sternad, AIA, AICP

Principal
Waggonner & Ball
New Orleans, Louisiana
Jared T. Bramblett, LEED AP, PE

Senior Water Resources Engineer
Moffatt & Nichol
Charleston, South Carolina

Looking ahead to 2050 and beyond, the Water Plan is a foundational city-wide strategy that embraces the long history and culture of water in Charleston, South Carolina, providing recommendations and opportunities that protect and highlight the significance of the city’s relationship with water.

Learning Outcomes:

Learn approaches to landscape-scale management of flood risks for low-lying coastal cities, including responding to storm surge, sea level rise, stormwater, tides, and compound flooding.
Learn a suite of approaches to gathering community input to support environmental justice goals, along with takeaways for best practices.
Learn about applications of landscape ecology in a large-scale urban planning context to support nature-based solutions.
Learn how an adaptive management approach can be applied to complex coastal infrastructure planning projects responding to long-term climate change impacts.