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2008
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 >
2007
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
2006
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
2005
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/
2004
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
2003
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
2002
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.
Managing stormwater in Pierce County:
Kensington Estates case study sheds light on low impact
development
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
Communities are recognizing the limitations of stormwater
ponds and looking for more natural and environmentally
friendly options
The Washington Post, Thursday, January 17, 2002
Fairfax
Puts Pond Program on Hold: Facilities for Storm Water Runoff
Called Ugly, Environmentally Destructive
LID to play a role in the Chesapeake Executive Council's
agreement to lead by example with stormwater controls - 60
demonstration projects planned
Alliance
for the Chesapeake Bay's Bay Journal: The Chesapeake Bay
Newspaper, Vol. 11 (10), January/February 2002
2001
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
Restoring Soil Health to Urbanized
Lands: The Crucial Link between Waste Prevention, Land Use,
Construction, Stormwater Management and Salmon Habitat
Restoration
State of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, July 2001
Living
Lightly on the Land
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
Water Environment Research Foundation Progress Newsletter
A general overview of using LID in stormwater management.
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