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April 17, 2008
Planet-Friendly Paving Lets
Water Seep Through [PDF]
By Jeanne Huber
Special to The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/16/AR2008041601161.html
April 2008
Stormwater Evangelists
[PDF]
The Low Impact Development Center seeks out projects that will most widely and
effectively spread the use of LID by landscape architects and others.
By Linda McIntyre
Landscape Architecture Magazine
Subscription required to read complete article
http://www.asla.org/lamag/firm_focus.html
January 14, 2008
Navy announces new LID policy for all construction.
Related information. More >
December 19, 2007
President Bush signs new Energy Bill that includes
provisions requiring federal facilities to meet
pre-development hydrologic conditions.
More Details:
H.R. 6
Title IV: Cost-effective and Environmentally Sustainable
Public Buildings
Subtitle C: High-Performance Green Buildings
Part III: Strengthening Federal Leadership
Section 454. Storm water runoff requirements for Federal
development projects.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:H.R.6:
This section requires the sponsor of certain projects to
maintain the predevelopment hydrology of the property.
http://rpc.senate.gov/_files/L18HR6SenateSubstitutetoHouseEnergyBill061107PL.pdf
May 2007
Stormwater Management at EPA
Headquarters
Izaak Walton League 2006 Webcast Series
May 18, June 15,
September 21,
October 26
http://www.iwla.org/index.php?id=169
Green Matters Symposium
Montgomery County MD Park & Planning, February 26, 2006
http://www.mc-mncppc.org/Parks/brookside/greenmatters/greenmatters.shtm
Low Impact Development Strategies,
Tools, and Techniques for Sustainable Watersheds
EPA Watershed Academy Webcast Seminars, October 19, 2005
http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/wacademy/webcasts/
Notes on the National Scene: Many Paths
Lead to Adoption of Low Impact Development
EPA Nonpoint Source News-Notes, August 2005 #76
http://www.epa.gov/owow/info/NewsNotes/issue76/76issue.pdf
Watershed Impact Assessment Guidance for
Public Lands and Facilities: An Approach for Municipal
Managers to Integrate Watershed Management and Asset
Management Strategies
LMI, EPA Grant, April 2005
LID
demonstration project at EPA headquarters is under
construction
March 25, 2005
We’re underway!
The LID demonstration project designed by the LID Center at
EPA headquarters is under construction. Here is a picture of
the cistern [image coming soon], that will store runoff
for irrigation being installed. You will be able to look down
into the cistern and see the water flowing into the system
through a glass dome made of recycled materials. See the link
for more information on the project.
http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/lid/stormwater_hq/
Low Impact Development: Stormwater
Management Meets Environmental Protection
CE News, July 8, 2004
Green Concepts Implanted in EPA
Headquarters
Washington Business Journal, January 9, 2004
Contractor Selected for the Pentagon
Memorial
U.S. Department of Defense Press Release, August 6, 2003
Fredericksburg Tries Natural Filtering
of Stormwater
Washington Post, July 6, 2003
The Practice of Low Impact Development
US Department of Housing and Urban Development, July 2003
Learn about innovative ways to protect waterways from development
Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team, April 10, 2003
LID, A New Approach to Stormwater Management
Turning the Tide, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, April 2003
Prince George's County Official Asks Congress to Channel Runoff Money His Way
University of Maryland - Capital News Service, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, March 19, 2003
Low-Impact Development: Lot-level approaches to stormwater management are gaining ground
Stormwater: The Journal of Surface Water Quality Professionals, Vol. 4 (1), January/February 2003
A Call on Nature to Fight Pollution
Sustainable DC Featured Article, December 2002
Innovative design cuts street runoff
Seattle-Post Intelligencer, November 20, 2002
In Seattle, Washington, as part of the Urban Creeks Legacy Projects, Seattle Public Utilities enacted a pilot project called SEA Streets (the Street Edge Alternatives project), which aims to reduce the impact that streetscapes have on local stream watersheds and salmon habitat. The designers worked with property owners to integrate SEA Streets bioretention areas into existing grades and achieve a functional transition between public and private property.
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, July 25, 2002
LID provides superior environmental protection for communities that have been using Smart Growth
Richmond Times Dispatch, March 28, 2002
LID is being used as an alternative to Smart Growth Policies for rapidly growing areas and for urban redevelopment.
Rain gardens receiving attention 'On the Bay'
SunSpot, Friday, February 1, 2002
'Rain gardens' filter storm water naturally: Deceptively inconspicuous islands of vegetation drain storm water and keep pollutants out of streams and the Chesapeake Bay
The Washington Post, Thursday, January 17, 2002
Fairfax Puts Pond Program on Hold: Facilities for Storm Water Runoff Called Ugly, Environmentally Destructive
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay's Bay Journal: The Chesapeake Bay Newspaper, Vol. 11 (10), January/February 2002
LID promoted by states in Bay cleanup effort
The Washington Post, Monday, December 3, 2001
In Region, Pollution Rises as Rain Falls: Leaders Pledge to Tackle Growing Threat to Bay
State of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, July 2001 by Courtney Leatherman in American Forests, Summer 2001. Examples of innovative LID projects that keep nature as a working part of the picture.
http://www.forester.net/sw_0101_innovative.html
STORMWATER, Journal for Surface Water Quality Professionals
Progressive landscape architects see stormwater as a resource, not a problem. Their multidisciplinary approach to site design can save money and better emulate predevelopment hydrology.
http://www.werf.org/press/winter01/01w_low.cfm
A general overview of using LID in stormwater management.