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= Preface =
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This document – the Low Impact Development Stormwater Management Planning
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and Design Guide – has been developed by Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) and
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Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) as a tool to help developers,
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consultants, municipalities and landowners understand and implement sustainable
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stormwater planning and practices in the CVC and TRCA watersheds. The use of
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sustainable stormwater planning and practices will help ensure the continued health
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of the streams, rivers, lakes, fisheries and terrestrial habitats in our watersheds.
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== Getting started ==
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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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harvesting, green roofs, bioretention, permeable pavement, soakaways and swales.
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The information contained in the guide will help practitioners adopt landscape-based
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stormwater management approaches, and will help select, design, construct and
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monitor more sustainable stormwater management practices.
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This manual is not a stand-alone document. It is intended to augment the Ontario
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Ministry of the Environment’s 2003 Stormwater Management Planning and Design
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Manual, which provides design criteria for “conventional” end-of-pipe stormwater
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management practices such as wet ponds and constructed wetlands. It is also a
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companion document to other stormwater related guidance documents prepared by
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CVC and TRCA. Amongst others, these include:
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'''CVC'''
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• Credit River Water Management Guidelines (CRWMG) (2007);
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• Credit River Stormwater Management Criteria (currently under development;
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will be an appendix to the CRWMG;
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• Geomorphic and Meander Belt Guidelines (an appendix to the CRWMG);
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• Floodline Mapping Guidelines (an appendix to the CRWMG);
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• Environmental Impact Report Terms of Reference (an appendix to the
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CRWMG);
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• Technical Guidelines for Floodproofing, 1994 (an appendix to the CRWMG);
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• Hydrologic/Hydraulic Modeling (an appendix to the CRWMG Guidelines);
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• Guidelines for Hydrogeologic Studies (an appendix to the CRWMG);
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• Headwater Assessment Guidelines (an appendix to the CRWMG).
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'''TRCA'''
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• Planning and Development Procedural Manual (2007);
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• Stormwater Management Criteria (currently under development);
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• Floodplain Management Guideline; and
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• Stream Crossing Guidelines.
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= Notice =
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The contents of this report do not necessarily represent the policies of the supporting agencies. Although
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every reasonable effort has been made to ensure the integrity of the report, the supporting agencies do
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not make any warranty or representation, expressed or implied, with respect to the accuracy or
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completeness of the information contained herein. Mention of trade names or commercial products does
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not constitute endorsement or recommendation of those products.
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= Acknowledgements =
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'''Project Team:'''
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• Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
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• Credit Valley Conservation Authority
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• Sustainable Technologies Evaluation Program
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• Aquafor Beech Limited
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• Schollen & Company
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• Dougan and Associates
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• Kidd Consulting
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• Center for Watershed Protection
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• Chesapeake Stormwater Network
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'''Funding support for this document was generously provided by:'''
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• Region of Peel
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• City of Toronto
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• Region of York
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• Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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• Ontario Ministry of the Environment
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• Environment Canada’s Great Lakes Sustainability Fund

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