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| | + | = 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 |
| | + | of the streams, rivers, lakes, fisheries and terrestrial habitats in our watersheds. |
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| − | == Getting started ==
| + | The guide is intended to provide engineers, ecologists and planners with up-to-date |
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| + | information and direction on landscape-based stormwater management planning and |
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| + | low impact development stormwater management practices such as rainwater |
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| + | 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. |
| | + | |
| | + | = Notice = |
| | + | 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 |