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Line 1: − + + + − The updated version of the 2010 LID PD Guide is now in a Wiki Guide format....talk about the use of this guide...benefits, etc. If you have any general comments or suggestions, please contact ____.+ + + − {{TextBox|1=Consult the [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.}}+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − = Preface =+ − This document – the Low Impact Development Stormwater Management Planning − and Design Guide – has been developed by Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) and − Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) as a tool to help developers, − consultants, municipalities and landowners understand and implement sustainable − stormwater planning and practices in the CVC and TRCA watersheds. The use of − sustainable stormwater planning and practices will help ensure the continued health − − The guide is intended to provide engineers, ecologists and planners with up-to-date+ − information and direction on landscape-based stormwater management planning and − low impact development stormwater management practices such as rainwater − harvesting, green roofs, bioretention, permeable pavement, soakaways and swales. − The information contained in the guide will help practitioners adopt landscape-based − stormwater management approaches, and will help select, design, construct and − monitor more sustainable stormwater management practices. − This manual is not a stand-alone document. It is intended to augment the Ontario+ − Ministry of the Environment’s 2003 Stormwater Management Planning and Design − Manual, which provides design criteria for “conventional” end-of-pipe stormwater − management practices such as wet ponds and constructed wetlands. It is also a − companion document to other stormwater related guidance documents prepared by − CVC and TRCA. Amongst others, these include: − '''CVC'''+ − • Credit River Water Management Guidelines (CRWMG) (2007);+ + + + + + + − • Credit River Stormwater Management Criteria (currently under development; − will be an appendix to the CRWMG; − • Geomorphic and Meander Belt Guidelines (an appendix to the CRWMG);+ − • Floodline Mapping Guidelines (an appendix to the CRWMG);+ − • Environmental Impact Report Terms of Reference (an appendix to the+ − CRWMG);+ − + − • Technical Guidelines for Floodproofing, 1994 (an appendix to the CRWMG); − − • Hydrologic/Hydraulic Modeling (an appendix to the CRWMG Guidelines); − − • Guidelines for Hydrogeologic Studies (an appendix to the CRWMG); − − • Headwater Assessment Guidelines (an appendix to the CRWMG). − − '''TRCA''' − − • Planning and Development Procedural Manual (2007); − − • Stormwater Management Criteria (currently under development); − − • Floodplain Management Guideline; and − − • Stream Crossing Guidelines. − − − The contents of this report do not necessarily represent the policies of the supporting agencies. Although − every reasonable effort has been made to ensure the integrity of the report, the supporting agencies do − not make any warranty or representation, expressed or implied, with respect to the accuracy or − completeness of the information contained herein. Mention of trade names or commercial products does − not constitute endorsement or recommendation of those products. − − = Acknowledgements = − '''Project Team:''' − − • Toronto and Region Conservation Authority − − • Credit Valley Conservation Authority − − • Sustainable Technologies Evaluation Program − − • Aquafor Beech Limited − − • Schollen & Company − − • Dougan and Associates − − • Kidd Consulting − − • Center for Watershed Protection − − • Chesapeake Stormwater Network − − − '''Funding support for this document was generously provided by:''' − − • Region of Peel − − • City of Toronto − − • Region of York − − • Fisheries and Oceans Canada − − • Ontario Ministry of the Environment − − • Environment Canada’s Great Lakes Sustainability Fund
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= About the Low Impact Development Planning and Design Wiki Guide =
<div class="mainpage_pagetitle">'''LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND DESIGN GUIDE'''
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File:Factsheet LIDBMPS.png|[[LID BMP Fact Sheets]]|link= LID BMP Fact Sheets
File:Upflow MTD.jpg|[[Filtration Manufactured Treatment Devices]]|link=Filtration Manufactured Treatment Devices
O connor Park Bioretention.JPG|[[Bioretention|Bioretention]]|link=Bioretention
Construction page lead photo.jpg|[[Construction]]|link=Construction
OGS example.jpg|[[Oil and Grit Separator|OGS]]|link=Oil and Grit Separator
YorkU1.jpg|[[Green roofs]]|link=Green roofs
Image from StormTech.jpg|[[Infiltration chambers]]|link=Infiltration chambers
Infiltration Testing 2.jpeg |[[Design infiltration rate|Design infiltration rate]]|link=Design infiltration rate
Clogged pipe.JPG|[[Inspections and Maintenance |Inspection and maintenance]]|link=Inspections and maintenance
Construction Breakdown Bio Full Infil.PNG|[[Low Impact Development Life Cycle Costing Tool]]|link=Low Impact Development Life Cycle Costing Tool
LIDTTT.png|[[Low impact development treatment train tool|Low Impact Development Treatment Train Tool]]|link=Low impact development treatment train tool
PaveDrain.jpg|[[Permeable pavements|Permeable pavements]]|link=Permeable pavements
Green raindrops (2650764957).jpg|[[Plants]]|link=Plants
Site Conditions Road Right of Way Cover.jpg|[[Screening LID options|Site assessment]]|link=Screening LID options
LSRCA planters.jpg|[[Stormwater planters|Stormwater planters]]|link=Stormwater planters
File:Central Parkway - soil cell, stormwater planter.JPG|[[Stormwater Tree Trenches|Stormwater tree trenches]]|link=Stormwater Tree Trenches
TRCA YorkU grass swale 3.jpg|[[Swales]]|link=swales
Snow piles.jpg|[[Winter Management|Winter management]]|link=Winter
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*[[Definition of Low Impact Development|What is low impact development?]]
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