| Residential Stormwater Best Management Practice |
References and Resources |
| Bio-infiltration/Treatment Swale: |
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Stormwater Design Manual: Treatment Swale (All pages) |
| These types of practices provide a densely vegetated depression with high infiltration rates to slow, treat, and infiltrate water into the ground. |
LFUCG: Stormwater Management LID Guidelines for New Development and Redevelopment: Bio-Infiltration Swale (Page 28/44) |
| University of Arkansas: Low Impact Development: A Design Manual for Urban Areas: Bioswale (Page 93/117) |
| The Chicago Green Alley Handbook: Bioswales and Vegetated Swales (Page 19/24) |
| Resources Conservation District of Santa Cruz County: A Homeowner’s Guide to Greening Stormwater Runoff: Swales (Page 28/48) |
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| Tree Trench/Planter Box/Bio-retention Cell/Rain Garden: |
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Stormwater Design Manual: Bioretention Cell (All pages) |
| These types of practices are vegetated structures, generally with native trees, wildflowers, or other vegetation, that are designed to receive stormwater flow, treat stormwater, and slow peak discharges. These structures retain some portion of the stormwater as it slowly discharges. |
LFUCG: Stormwater Management LID Guidelines for New Development and Redevelopment: Bio-retention (Page 29/44) |
| LFUCG: Stormwater Management LID Guidelines for New Development and Redevelopment: Tree Trenches/Planter Boxes (Page 34/44) |
| University of Arkansas: Low Impact Development: A Design Manual for Urban Areas: Tree Box Filter (Page 90/117) |
| The Chicago Green Alley Handbook: Rain Garden (Page 16/24) |
| Resources Conservation District of Santa Cruz County: A Homeowner’s Guide to Greening Stormwater Runoff: Rain Gardens (Page 27/48) |
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| Permeable Pavement: |
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Stormwater Design Manual: Permeable Pavement (All pages) |
| These types of practices replace traditional impervious surfaces with a variety of systems of aggregates, pavers, or conglomerate material with voids that allow for water to pass through the surface and infiltrate and/or discharge to a desirable location from an under-drain system. |
LFUCG: Stormwater Management LID Guidelines for New Development and Redevelopment: Groundcover for Vehicular Parking (Page 31/44) |
| LFUCG: Stormwater Management LID Guidelines for New Development and Redevelopment: Permeable Pavement (Page 33/44) |
| University of Arkansas: Low Impact Development: A Design Manual for Urban Areas: Pervious Paving (Page 88/117) |
| The Chicago Green Alley Handbook: Permeable Pavement (Page 17/24) |
| Resources Conservation District of Santa Cruz County: A Homeowner’s Guide to Greening Stormwater Runoff: Pervious Hardscapes (Page 30/48) |
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| Rainwater Harvesting: |
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Stormwater Design Manual: Rainwater Harvesting (All pages) |
| This practice focuses on capturing, redirecting, and repurposing stormwater for multiple non-human consumption residential purposes. |
LFUCG: Stormwater Management LID Guidelines for New Development and Redevelopment: Rainwater Harvesting (Page 35/44) |
| University of Arkansas: Low Impact Development: A Design Manual for Urban Areas: Rainwater Harvesting (Page 81/117) |
| The Chicago Green Alley Handbook: Rain Barrel/Cistern (Page 16/24) |
| Resources Conservation District of Santa Cruz County: A Homeowner’s Guide to Greening Stormwater Runoff: Rainwater Collection Systems (Page 24/48) |
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| Infiltration System: |
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Stormwater Design Manual: Infiltration System (All pages) |
| These systems are usually dug trenches that are back filled with a specific type of rock designed to provide a desirable amount of void space for infiltration while providing a solid surface on top of the ground. Sometimes these systems influde a system of pipes to plumb water into, through, and out of the system during an overflow situation. |
LFUCG: Stormwater Management LID Guidelines for New Development and Redevelopment: Infiltration Trenches (Page 32/44) |
| University of Arkansas: Low Impact Development: A Design Manual for Urban Areas: Infiltration Trench (Page 89/117) |
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| Disconnected Impervious Surface: |
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Stormwater Design Manual: Disconnected Impervious Surface (All pages) |
| These systems are generally a redirection of stormwater discharge from a rooftop or other impervious surface to an area that provides for filtration and infiltration as opposed to conveyance to a connected stormwater sewer system. |
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