Five Principles of Low Impact Development
There are 5 core requirements when it comes to designing for LID.
- Conserve natural areas wherever possible (don’t pave over the whole site if you don’t need to).
- Minimize the development impact on hydrology.
- Maintain runoff rate and duration from the site (don’t let the water leave the site).
- Scatter integrated management practices (IMPs) throughout your site – IMPs are decentralized, microscale controls that infiltrate, store, evaporate, and/or detain runoff close to the source.
- Implement pollution prevention, proper maintenance and public education programs.
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