Low Impact Development
Ξ October 29th, 2007 | → | ∇ Storm Water Education |
I ran across a great article today on Low Impact Development.
It is a great primer on the theory behind LID and some examples of it.
Some Excerpts:
What is LID?
To put it simply, LID is based on the principle that stormwater management should be modeled after nature. LID techniques are designed to imitate a site’s predevelopment hydrology by using methods that infiltrate, filter, store, evaporate, and detain runoff close to its source.
Why LID? What’s the difference?EPA has concluded that, in general, LID measures are more cost effective and require lower maintenance than conventional, structural stormwater controls.
We have been gearing up to assist everyone with new Phase II regulations, which is why new Guru topics have been sparse the last 30 days or so. I will update Stormwater Guru more often as time permits.
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