Low Impact Development Stormwater Management Planning and Design Guide
Version 1.0 2011
The Low Impact Development (LID) Stormwater Management Guide is a joint initiative of the Toronto and Region and Credit Valley Conservation Authorities that has been developed in consultation with representatives from the Ministry of the Environment, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, GTA municipalities and the development industry.
Both TRCA and CVC have been involved in integrated watershed-wide environmental monitoring and modelling activities for several years, and the results of this work have revealed that the environmental health of many watersheds continues to decline with increased urbanization. This deterioration has occured despite widespread adoption of the conventional stormwater management planning and design practices described in provincial and conservation authority policy documents. Documents such as the CVC’s Credit River Water Management Strategy Update and the TRCA’s Watershed Plans for the Rouge (2007), Humber (2008) and Don (2009) Rivers have concluded that a shift away from conventional approaches and towards low impact development is essential to protecting watershed health, and improving watershed resiliency to some of the hydrologic impacts of climate change.
The guide was developed 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, and thereby help ensure the continued health of the streams, rivers, lakes, fisheries and terrestrial habitats in the CVC and TRCA watersheds. It is also intended to help streamline and focus the design and review process, as well as ensure that the goals, objectives and targets outlined in watershed and subwatershed studies are being met.
Full Guide without Appendices
Low Impact Development Stormwater Management Planning and Design Guide (without Appendices) (13 MB)
Appendices
Appendix A: LID Factsheets (16 MB)
Appendix B: Landscape Design Guide for LID (4.81 MB)
Appendix C: Site Evaluation & Soil Testing Protocol (77 KB)
Appendix D: Glossary of Terms (36 KB)
Individual Sections from the Guide
Cover Page, Acknowledgements, TOC, Preface
Chapter 2 – Integrating Stormwater Management into the Planning Process
Chapter 3 – Low Impact Development Practices
Chapter 4, Section 4.1, Rainwater Harvesting
Chapter 4, Section 4.2, Green Roofs
Chapter 4, Section 4.3, Roof Downspout Disconnection
Chapter 4, Section 4.4, Soakaways, Trenches, Chambers
Chapter 4, Section 4.5, Bioretention
Chapter 4, Section 4.6, Vegetated Filter Strips
Chapter 4, Section 4.7, Permeable Pavement
Chapter 4, Section 4.8, Enhanced Grass Swales
Chapter 4, Section 4.9, Dry Swales
Chapter 4, Section 4.10, Perforated Pipe Systems
Appendix A
Appendix A, Fact Sheet – Site Design Strategies
Appendix A, Fact Sheet – Rainwater Harvesting
Appendix A, Fact Sheet – Green Roofs
Appendix A, Fact Sheet – Downspout Disconnection
Appendix A, Fact Sheet – Soakaways, Infiltration, Trenches, Chambers
Appendix A, Fact Sheet – Bioretention
Appendix A, Fact Sheet – Vegetated Filter Strips
Appendix A, Fact Sheet – Permeable Pavement
Appendix A, Fact Sheet – Enhanced Grass Swales
Appendix A, Fact Sheet – Dry Swales
Appendix A, Fact Sheet – Perforated Pipe Systems
Hard Copies:
To order a hard copy of the Low Impact Development Stormater Management and Planning Design Guide, email us at: jmcmanus@creditvalleyca.ca
Cost:
$200 CDN + $10 HST (if picked up at CVC office)
$250 CDN + $12.50 HST (if shipped within Canada)
