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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