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Conservation Uses of LID BMPs
As mentioned on the initial design page, LID BMPs can be used in
a number of different settings. It is important to
remember that many of the concepts introduced in this website
are applicable to general conservation uses in the community.
There are many locations to consider LID BMP implementations
such as parks, playing fields, canoe ramps, school yards, and
multi-use trails.
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Example of a
rain barrel on school grounds. |
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Students building a rain garden
at their school. |
Suggestions:
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Use
bioretention cells as rain gardens in
parks and school yards to
reduce runoff volume and filter pollutants.
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Use
permeable pavement on canoe ramps.
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Use
rain barrels at schools.
Disconnect the downspouts from roofs and direct the flow to
permeable paver areas
or other vegetated infiltration / filtration practices.
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Use
green roofs
on playing field dugouts for runoff reduction, energy savings, improved air quality, and
enhanced aesthetics.
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