Inspections and maintenance

This guide is focused on planning and design. In many places you will find tips to design structures with considerations for how to facilitate future maintenance.

But to get detailed information from STEP on the inspection and maintenance of LID practices, please see our complete guide here.

Sustainable Technologies Evaluation Program

Low Impact Development. A stormwater management strategy that seeks to mitigate the impacts of increased urban runoff and stormwater pollution by managing it as close to its source as possible. It comprises a set of site design approaches and small scale stormwater management practices that promote the use of natural systems for infiltration and evapotranspiration, and rainwater harvesting.