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Low Impact Development (LID) is an innovative storm water management approach modeled after nature. Retaining as much storm water as possible on the land can substantially reduce development's impact on pollution levels in and bank erosion along our creeks.
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With LID, the focus is on managing storm water through small, cost-effective landscape features on the lot, rather focusing on disposing of storm water through costly pipes and infrastructure.
Common LID practices include rain gardens, bioretention systems, grass swales, and vegetated open spaces. These site design techniques and Best Management Practices (BMPs) result in less surface runoff, less pollution, and less overall damage to streams and lakes.
LID is more than the management of storm water -- it is rethinking the way we plan, design, implement, and maintain urban and suburban development.
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Rain garden treating runoff from a parking lot in uptown Charlotte
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