LID Center Mission
The Low Impact Development Center was established to develop and provide
information to individuals and organizations dedicated to protecting the
environment and our water resources through proper site design techniques that
replicate pre-existing hydrologic site conditions.
Organization Profile
Balancing growth and environmental integrity, The Low Impact Development
Center (LID), Inc. is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization dedicated to
research, development, and training for water resource and natural resource
protection issues. The Center focuses on furthering the advancement of Low
Impact Development technology. Low Impact Development is a new comprehensive
land planning and engineering design approach with a goal of maintaining and
enhancing the pre-development hydrologic regime of urban and developing
watersheds. This design approach incorporates strategic planning with
micro-management techniques to achieve superior environmental protection, while
allowing for development or infrastructure rehabilitation to occur. This
innovative approach can be used to help meet a wide range of Wet Weather Flow (WWF)
control and community development goals.
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