Department of Environmental Engineering

LID Grant Opportunity

The Chesterfield County Department of Environmental Engineering, Water Quality Section & The Friends of Chesterfield’s Riverfront are sponsoring an Low Impact Design (LID) grant to encourage engineers and developers to seek innovative design solutions for the reduction of pollutants, volume and velocities of stormwater to adjacent streams and rivers within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. A total of $140,000 is available for the application of LID for development plans. Funds will be awarded to multiple applicants. Individual award amounts may vary. Completed LID projects will be included in a cost comparison study and showcased as demonstration projects for the Chesapeake Bay Region. 

This project received funding from the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund provided by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) via grant number WQIA-2006-07

Chesterfield County and the Friends of Chesterfield's Riverfront are proud to announce that 2 grants have been awarded for the program. The first grant has been awarded to the Stonehenge Village Shopping Center. Project Partners include Bobby Marchetti of Stonehenge Properties LLC and Rummel, Klepper & Kahl.  The project will be located on Midlothian Turnpike near the Stonehenge Country Club. The proposed LID features include:

1. Biorention areas in parking lot islands
2. Shallow marsh retention basin
3. Open channel grass swale

The second grant project has been awarded to The Beth Williams Field of Dreams at Evergreen Elementary School.  Project partners include The Beth Williams Foundation and Barthol Design Associates. The project is located at the Evergreen Elementary School athletic complex off Lucks Lane near Rt 288.  Proposed LID features include:

1. Grassed swales
2. Cistern for football field irrigation which will collect water from impervious surfaces such as the school roof the new concession stand roof and parking lots

Larry Coffman's LID presentation

• View the presentation on this site
• Download the PowerPoint presentation

LID Designs and Costs

• Chick-fil-A Design | Cost Comparison
• First Virginia Bank Design | Cost Comparison
• Kohls Design | Cost Comparison
• Olive Garden Design | Cost Comparison

LID Design Resources

Bioretention

• Taking Care of Stormwater: BayScapes Guide
• Bioretention Basin Maintenance Specifications
• Bioretention Fact Sheet
• Design Guidance Manual for Stormwater Quality Protection - Ch. 8 Technical
• Landscaping Techniques and Practices - Chapter 3
• Past, Present & Future of Bioretention: A Delaware Perspective - Randy Greer, PE
• Raingarden Brochure
• Environmental Center of the Rockies - Water Balance Study
• Filtera Design Assistance Kit
• Filtera Plan View
• Filtera Stormwater Treatment System Installation Summary
• Filtera Whitepaper
• Stormwater Management Manual - Chapter 3
• How Does Your Garden Grow? A Reference Guide to Enhancing your Rain Garden
• Stormwater Management Facility Photos - Appendix H
• Portland Planters
• Water Quality Improvement Using Rain Gardens: University of Maryland Studies
• Rain Gardens: A how-to manual for homeowners
• Bioretenion Nutrient Removal & Hydraulic Function at Two Field Sites
• Mainstreaming Biofiltration as a Stormwater Practice
• California Stormwater BMP - Bioretention TC-32
• Tree Box Filters Maintenance Specifications
• Watergardens as Stormwater Infrastructure in Portland, Oregon

Pavers

• Modular Porous Paver Systems
• Porous Pavements
• Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association - Chapter 8 Technical
• Alternative Paving Materials
• Alternative Paving Materials: Subcommittee Report
• Site Design and Landscape Details
• Stormwater Management Manual: Chapter 3
• Rain Gardens: A household way to improve water quality in your community
• Permeable Pavement: What's it Doing on My Street?
• Stormwater Management Facility Photos
• Paver Costs
• EPA Field Evaluation of Permeable Pavements for Stormwater Management
• Long-term Stormwater Quantity and Quality Performance of Permeable Pavement Systems
• Pourous Pavement Blocks Maintenance Specifications
• Study on the Surface Infiltration Rates of Permeable Pavements
• Decentralized STormwater Management Techniques in Urban Areas

Greenroof

• EcoRoofs (Greenroofs) - A More Sustainable Infrastructure
• Green Roofs in Urban Landscpes
• Stormwater Management Manual - Chapter 3
• Structural BMP Criteria: Vegetated Roof Cover
• Green Roof Feasibility Review
• Eco-Roof Construction
• Roof Maintenance and Replacement
• Stormwater Management Facility Photos - Appendix H
• An NC Field Study to Evaluate Greenroof Runoff Quantity, Runoff Quality, and Plant Growth: Amy Moran
• Vegetated Roofs Maintenance Specifications

Site Design

• WBDG Low Impact Development Technologies
• Breezewood Station Design
• Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association - Chapter 6 Site Design and Landscape Details
• Denver Site
• A Guide to Environmentally Friendly Landscaping
• Integrated Stormwater Management Planning: Diverse Interests Unite Behind LID Approaches at Celebrate Virginia North
• Low-Impact Development Design Strategies: An Integrated Design Approach
• Green Roof Feasibility Review
• I-97 and Maryland Route 3

Capture and Use

• Instructions for Making a Rain Barrel
• On-Site Runoff Mitigation with Rooftop Rainwater Collection and Use
• The Seattle Rain Barrel

H & H Analytical

• Presentation: Evaluating Low Impact Development Practices for Storm water Management on an Industrial Site in Mississippi
• Metro West Design
• Storm Water Management Model Analysis Report Metro West
• Curve Number and Groundwater Recharge Credits for LID Facilities in New Jersey
• Low-Impact Development Modeling Programs
• Framework for Placement of BMPs in Urban Watersheds
• Site Assessment for LID

Case Studies

• Belinski: Perspectives on Implementing Low-Impact Developments
• LID Ordinance for the Town of Huntersville
• Lenexa: Blending Innovative and Traditional LID in Transportation: Mise Blvd. Lake
• Appendix H Stormwater Management Facility Photos
• Stormwater Landscape Approaches for CSO Abatement/Control
• Weems Creek Watershed Resoration Plan Retrofitting
• Using LID to Reduce Urban Runoff and Restore an Urbanized Watershed

Pollution Prevention

• Taking Care of Stormwater: A BayScapes Guide
• Source Control Practices and Pollution Prevention
• Nutrient Management Plan Policy Checklist
• A Guide to Environmentally Friendly Landscaping
• Best Management Practices for Golf Course Maintenance Departments
• Yard and Garden Nutrient Management
• IPM Plan
• Nutrient Management Plan
• Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan
• Nutrient Management Plan Checklist
• Pointless Personal Pollution
• Turf Managment for Municipal Athletic Fields
• Managing Nutrients for your Turf Grass and Lawns

Vaults

• Underground Detention
• Appendix H Stormwater Management Facility Photos
• Underground Stormwater Facility Maintenance

Amended Soils

• Guidlelines for Landscaping with Compost-Amended Soils

Bio-Swales

• Mowing Practices in Biofiltration Swales
• Bioretention Swale Maintenance Specifications
• A Survey of Ditches Along County Roads for their Potential to Affect Storm Runoff Water Quality
• Current Status of Vegetation Management in Roadside Ditches and Stormwater Management Facilities

Brochures

• How to Create a Rain Garden
• Rain Gardens
• 1425 K Street Greenroof
• Low Impact Development Protects the Chesapeake Bay
• Builder's Guide to Low Impact Development
• Municipal Guide to Low Impact Development
• Rain Gardens the Natural Solution
• Integrating Stormwater Into the Build Environment

Codes

• Stafford County - LID Code | LID Stormwater Ordinance
• Town of Warsaw - Stormwater Management Policy
• How to Best Consider Low Impact Development Practices and Other Innovative Stormwater Management Practices in the Review of Proposed Development Projects
• District of Columbia Low Impact Development Grant Program
• Generic Stormwater and Low Impact Development Ordinance
• Technical Bulletin: Low Impact Development

Studies

• Discussion of an Ecosystem Functional Basis for Protecting Receiving Waters
• Stormwater Runoff Treatment by Filtration: A Pilot-Scale Study
• New Studies Initiated by the U.S. Geological Survey - Effects of Nutrient Enrichment on Stream Ecosystems
• Low-Impact Development Strategy for Green Cove Basin: A Case Study in Regulatory Protection of Aquatic Habitat in Urbanizing Watersheds
• Abstract Low Impact Development A New Stormwater Management Paradigm Micro-Scale Source Management
• Structural and Non-Structural BMPs for Protecting Streams
• Reducing Nonpoint Pollution with Public Outreach / Education Programs
• Low Impact Development: A Literature Review
• Report on December 2003 Low Impact Development Workshops
• From the Mountains to the Sea: The State of Maryland's Freshwater Streams
• Hydrological Responses from Low Impact Development Comparing with Conventional Development
• Storm Water Pollutant Total Maximum Daily Load for Headwaters of the Shawsheen River
• The Problem of Stormwater Runoff
• Effectiveness of Large Woody Debris in Stream Rehabilitation Projects in Urban Basins
• Technology Review: Ultra-Urban Stormwater Treatment
• The Washington Water Resource: The quarterly report of the Center for Urban Water Resources Management
• Forest Cover, Impervious-Surface Area, and the Mitigation of Urbanizatino Impacts in King County, Washington
• Urbanization and the Natural Drainage System Impacts, Solutions, and Prognoses
• Effects of Urbanization on the Bological Integrity of Puget Sound Lowland Streams: Restoration with a Biological Focus
• Reviving Urban Streams: Land Use, Hydrology, Biology, and Human Behavior
• Stormwater Pollutant Removal by Two Wet Ponds in Bellevue, Washington

Manuals

• Report to the City Council, City of Salinas, California
• Chapter 6: Start at the Source: Design Guidance for Stormwater Quality Protection
• Chapter 8: Start at the Source: Design Guidance for Stormwater Quality Protection
• Source Control Practices and Pollution Prevention
• Metro West SWM / BMP / LID Maintenance Guidance / Criteria
• A Guide to Environmentally Friendly Landscaping
• Chapter 3.0: Operations & Maintenance
• Metro West; LIDs Annual Maintenance Costs
• Low-Impact Development Design Strategies: An Integrated Design Approach
• Low-Impact Development Hydrologic Analysis
• Natural Approaches to Stormwater Management
• Stormwater Management Facility Photos
• Overview of Scripps-Miramar Ranch and Miramar Ranch North Maintenance Assessment Districts (MADs), a.k.a. Landscape Maintenance Districts (LMDS)
• Low-Impact Development Design: A New Paradigm for Stormwater Management Mimicking and Restoring the Ntural Hydrologic Regime
• Northern VA BMP Handbook: A Guide to Planning and Designing Best Management Practices in Northern Virginia
• Operations & Maintenance
• The Practice of Low Impact Development
• Low Impact Development New Smart Technology for Clean Water
• Guide to Operation & Maintenance of Stormwater Systems
• Sustainable Site Development: Stormwater Practices for New, Redevelopment and Infill Projects
• Catching the Rain: A Great Lakes Resource Guide for Natural Stormwater Management
• Urban Best Management Practices for Nonpoint Source Pollution
• Low Impact Development: Technical Guidance Manual for Puget Sound