To provide “first flush” pollution control and rainwater management, the parking lot at the City of Surrey's Clayton Dog Off-Leash Park utilizes pervious concrete as the pavement surface.
LID Center – Neil Weinstein (160p)
Low-impact development is an approach to stormwater management and site design that uses natural hydrologic processes to preserve or recreate that hydrology at the site level, or to meet goals.
US EPA – collage of report covers (360p)
Written from the American perspective, the Municipal Handbook is a series of documents published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to help local officials implement green infrastructure in their communities.
In the January 2009 issue of Stormwater magazine, writer Christopher Estes presents monitoring data for three sites in the North Carolina Piedmont that demonstrate the success of rainwater/stormwater infiltation in clay soils.
Cold climates are typically very hard on constructed systems; however, according to Dr. Robert Roseen, director of the University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center, rainwater/stormwater management systems using infiltration and filtration mechanisms, if properly designed, can work well in cold-weather environments.
The Rain Garden Fact Sheet by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation provides information on designing and building a rain garden, as well as tips for improving rainwater management on individual residential properties.
King County in Washington State became one of the first jurisdictions in the United States to adopt and implement a post-construction soil standard. Its regulation went into effect January 1, 2005. King County’s post-construction soil standard has changed the way developers plan and develop a site in unincorporated parts of the county.
Rain gardens are a core element of the Design with Nature strategy for the Island Highway Enhancement Project through the Town of View Royal. Homeowners fronting on the old Island Highway will be involved in the decision-making for rain garden plant selection. The Town of View Royal has constructed a portable rain garden to demonstrate how dirty runoff is cleansed
According to an article published by Nature News, many 'green roof' schemes, which aim to make buildings more eco-friendly by turning rooftops into gardens, are failing because of a lack of basic research on their efficient installation and maintenance.
The September 2008 issue of Stormwater magazine includes an article about a new approach developed at the University of Minnesota that includes controlled testing as a key component in a four-level assessment program for determing if rain gardens are functioning properly.
