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LID Information and Resources

Find information and resources on low impact development.

Resources

Low Impact Development (LID) Working Group - a network of practitioners, policy-makers, and local officials that share resources, information, and experience with LID issues. For more information, you can contact Eric Hove at ereic.hove@state.ma.us

Other resources include the following:

  • Low Impact Development (U.S. EPA)
  • Low Impact Development (Low Impact Development Center, Inc.)
  • Roads,  raingardens, (Technical Paper #9 - Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials NEMO)
  • Builders Guide brochure, published by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Research Center, provides a good summary of LID including the why's and costs for developers and builders.
  • "Rain Gardens in Connecticut, A Design Guide for Homeowners" raingarden.pdf  (University of Connecticut)

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