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Building Smart to Protect Clean Water
March 8, 2010 | Clean Water
Katie Rousseau
Associate Director of Clean Water Program
The way we build and develop has a major impact on clean water and the health of our rivers. Low Impact Development (LID) is a method of designing and planning that promotes the natural flow of water. For example, components of LID can include rain gardens and green roofs – features that naturally filter out pollution.
Over the past year, American Rivers has been working with Tetra Tech and the Low Impact Development Center to put together a Low Impact Development (LID) manual for the Lower Maumee and Ottawa River watersheds in Ohio. I am happy to say it is finally complete and ready to be used. Thank you to all of our colleagues who helped review the manual before final production.
This "Low Impact Development Manual for the Lower Maumee and Ottawa River Watersheds" provides stormwater managers and site designers with a common understanding of Low Impact Development goals and objectives, site assessment considerations, and a toolbox of stormwater Best Management Practices (BMP) applicable to the Lower Maumee and Ottawa River watersheds. BMP information includes design guidelines, specifications, details, and maintenance concerns as well as assistance in selecting the BMPs based on the unique characteristics of a particular site. This is a technical manual and the information provided is targeted toward engineers, planners, landscape architects, and technical staff, as well as policymakers and developers.
Learn more about how American Rivers is protecting clean water in the Great Lakes region at http://www.americanrivers.org/your-region/great-lakes/
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Submitted by Josh Wyatt at: March 11, 2010
I suppose that together with stormwater bmps, this proposed project will be a huge success in helping Mother Nature. Each household in the neighborhood can have clean water for everyday usage.