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THE 2010 LID DESIGN COMPETITION WHITE PAPER IS NOW AVAILABLE

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HARRIS COUNTY LID DESIGN GUIDE APPROVED

The Harris County LID Design Guidewas approved by Commissioner's Court on April 19th. This document was developed in a collaborative effort guided by the HLWSF. It involved county and city staffs, the engineering, landscape architecture communities and other relevant organizations in the greater Houston area.

This Guide will inform a collaborative permitting process which is designed to expedite permitting of LID-based projects. The objective is to get LID-based projects on the ground in our community without delay. Over the course of the next several years, LID-based project will be monitored and all parties to the development, design, permit, construction and regulatory communities will benefit from valuable on the ground experience with LID in our local conditions. Based on this experience, more formal code and guidelines will be developed.

Another important aspect of this LID Design Guide is that it's adoption by Harris County provides the basis for approval by TCEQ of infrastructure reimbursements for LID-based projects carried out by MUDs.

Harris County is the first county in the State of Texas to adopt such Guidelines and the first local government in the Houston area to take such a comprehensive approach to LID-based project permitting.

 

HLWSF TAKES

THE HOUSTON LID

DESIGN COMPETITION

STORY ON THE ROAD

.The HLWSF has been invited by the EPA, trade associations local and state governmental agencies  to present a summary of the Design Competition, including key elements to consider in creating Forum-like collaborative groups and LID Design Competitions in other areas. Dozens of presentations have been made or scheduled, including programs for:

EPA Regional Green Infrastructure Conferences held in Dallas, TX and Tulsa, OK

2010 Fort Bend Regional Innovative Infrastructure Conference

Programs held by the Cities of Dallas and Arlington

EPA National Stormwater Webcast Series

Bexar Regional Watershed Management Group

2010 Fort Bend Regional Infrastructure Conference

Association of Water Board Directors Mid-Winter Conference 2011

Mayors Innovation Project, Washington, DC 2011

International Erosion Control Association Annual Conference 2011

TCEQ-sponsored LID Workshops produced by Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center and UT Center for Research in Water Resources, held in 8 cities across Texas in 2011

Green Streets, Green Jobs Forum 2011, A Chesapeake Bay and Anacosta Watershed Public Private Initiative
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Regular meetings of the Forum are held at a rotating roster of conference facilities offered by supportive agencies and organizations located throughout the Houston area. Presenting speakers have expertise or hands-on experience to share on land/water sustainability issues. [more]

 

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SUSTAINABILITY  From the verb to sustain, meaning: to hold up; to bear; to support; to provide for; to maintain; to sanction; to keep going; to keep up; to prolong the life of.   SUSTAINABLE Capable of being sustained; capable of being continued with minimal long-term effect on the environment.

 

Our mission is to enhance, enable and integrate sustainable use of land and water for the Houston area's continued growth and economic vitality.

Across this country and the world, new ideas, methods, materials and technologies aimed at positively impacting the sustainability of land and water resources have been widely adopted, some are even being developed right here in Houston. This forum has been formed to provide exposure to the full range of these practices, to encourage their adoption, their adaptation where needed for the conditions found in our community—and to foster creativity in both the development of new solutions and the regulatory infrastructure that enables them.

Maintaining the pace of growth and development in the greater Houston area requires that those with a vested interest adopt new ideas and employ new methods that will insure that growth can be sustained. The forum seeks to engage the broadest possible range of constituent groups, in a collaborative effort that focuses on practical application rather than abstract theory in the exploration of incremental answers to some of the Houston area's most significant land/water sustainability issues.
     
 
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