Recommended Initiatives:

Low Impact Development: Develop a LID treatment program with existing staff by creating LDC incentives to encourage and offset any additional startup or operational costs. Focus will be on techniques that maximize water quality and recharge benefits.

Links for background Information on LID practices
EPA LID Web Page  https://www.epa.gov/nps/urban-runoff-low-impact-development
EPA Smart Growth & Water Resources https://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/smart-growth-resources 

LID http://lowimpactdevelopment.org/
 http://www.lid-stormwater.net/index.html

Example LID Design Manuals
Sarasota County Low Impact Development Online
Sarasota County Low-Impact Development Manual Draft 11/11Low-Impact Development Design Strategies – Prince George’s County Maryland. 1999
Low Impact Development – Department of Defense 2010
Draft Statewide Stormwater Quality Applicant’s Handbook, FDEP 2010
The Practice of Low Impact Development – USHUD 2003

Last edited March 6, 2012