Alachua County Stormwater Treatment Manual
Type: PDF document
Summary: This Manual was created to provide a comprehensive and systematic approach to project stormwater design. Stormwater management, including water quantity and quality, should be approached in a holistic manner considering the setting, natural hydrology, existing conditions, project type, and community character. Stormwater management needs to be focused and integrated into the projects’ core design using a variety of methods for addressing stormwater.
Sources: Alachua County Government
Brevard County Low Impact Development Retrofit Guide for Commercial and Light Industrial Facilities
Type: PDF document
Summary: This guidance document presents an introduction to LID design and specifically Green Infrastructure Practices which are characterized by their ability to reduce stormwater runoff volume and nutrient loading through the use of infiltration, evapotranspiration, and/or rainwater harvesting. It provides technical guidance and design information on LID stormwater management practices for application to projects in Brevard County, more specifically for retrofitting existing sites that have a land use defined as commercial or light industrial.
Sources: Brevard County Government
Duval County Low-Impact Development Design Manual
Type: PDF document
Summary: The Duval County Low-Impact Development Manual is intended to be used as a stormwater management tool for municipalities to meet BMAP obligations and for developers to have alternatives that meet local design specifications that also comply with Environmental Resource Permit requirements. The manual is based on the Preliminary Sarasota County Low-Impact Development Manual and its strategies. Although State and local environmental regulations of Duval and Sarasota Counties are similar, climate, soils, and plant hardiness zones differ and require different parameters in Low-Impact Development design practices.
Sources: Duval County Government
Escambia County Low-Impact Design BMP Manual
Type: PDF document
Summary: This Manual was created to promote a more comprehensive and systematic approach to project stormwater design. Stormwater management, including flood control and improved stormwater treatment, needs to be approached in a holistic manner considering the setting, natural hydrology, existing conditions, project type, and community character. Stormwater management needs to be focused and integrated into the projects’ core design using a variety of methods for addressing stormwater in an urbanizing community. The Low Impact Design BMP Manual provides new tools that can be integrated into a BMP Treatment Train to not only improve stormwater management, but also expand development potential and enhance project aesthetics. This Manual should be used in conjunction with the Escambia County Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code. The standards, herein, align with the State of Florida Environmental Resource Permit (ERP) and the administrative standards established by the Northwest Florida Water Management District (NWFWMD). The County, through its codes and policies, will allow design flexibility while establishing quantity/quality goals to ensure a sustainable future.
Sources: Escambia County Government
Low-Impact Development & Green Infrastructure: Pollution Reduction Guidance for Water Quality in Southeast Florida
Type: PDF document
Summary: The pattern of land development in Southeast Florida has created a legacy of infrastructure that regularly exports pollutants from the land into the estuarine and marine waters, adversely affecting the coral reef ecosystem. Along with rapid population growth and urbanization in Southeast Florida, Land-Based Sources of Pollution (LBSP) loads from anthropogenic sources have increased in both intensity (frequency and duration) and in total loading to the natural environment. The purpose of this LID and GI manual is to provide an overview of potential strategies for reducing and managing LBSP in Southeast Florida at the project scale. Incorporating LID principles and GI practices into a site design needs to begin at the start of the design process and be carried through to completion. Therefore, this manual is divided into chapters that address the various steps in the process, from beginning to end.
Sources: Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Coral Reef Conservation Program
Orange County Stormwater Low Impact Development Manual Volume I and Volume II
Type: PDF documents
Summary: LID is an approach to land development (or re-development) that works with nature to manage stormwater as close to its source as possible. LID employs principles such as preserving and recreating natural landscape features, minimizing effective imperviousness to create functional and appealing site drainage that treat stormwater as a resource rather than a waste product. Urban development results in many changes that can impact stormwater runoff quality and quantity. In order to meet the treatment requirements needed to protect downstream lakes and rivers, tools such as LID practices may be used in combination with traditional stormwater best management practices. Orange County has developed an LID manual to educate and guide applicants that may need to use these practices to meet treatment requirement of their project.
Volume I – describes many of the technologies available. These were evaluated for ability to be implemented in Orange County.
Volume II – outlines technical requirements for the top four practices.
Sources: Orange County Public Works
City of Ormond Beach Low Impact Development Design Manual
Type: PDF document
Summary: This manual has been prepared to aid developers, development design professionals, contractors, property managers, and City review and administrative personnel to implement successful Low Impact Development projects within the City of Ormond Beach. Specific reference is made to this manual and authorization is made for its implementation in Chapter 3, Article 2, Section 3-18: Surface Water Control, of the Land Development Code for the City of Ormond Beach Florida. As technology and research provide greater insight and solutions for the development of stormwater management techniques that mimic nature both in treatment quality and runoff control, additions and modifications can and should be made to this handbook.
Sources: City of Ormond Beach Government
Pinellas County Stormwater Manual
Type: PDF document
Summary: Pinellas County is almost entirely built-out. Most future development will occur as redevelopment, adaptive reuse, and/or retrofits. In recognizing these facts and conditions, this manual was created to promote an advanced stormwater management approach that is integrated with a revised land development code that incorporates a variety of green infrastructure or low impact development options to address stormwater quantity/quality standards as redevelopment occurs. This manual shall be used in conjunction with the Pinellas County Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code. The standards, herein, align with the State of Florida Environmental Resource Permit and the administrative standards established by the Southwest Florida Water Management District. The County, through its codes and policies, will allow design flexibility while establishing quantity/quality goals to ensure a sustainable future.
Sources: Pinellas County Government
Sarasota County Low Impact Development Guidance Document
Type: PDF document
Summary: This guidance document provides technical guidance and design specifications on Low Impact Development (LID) stormwater management practices for application to project in Sarasota County, Florida. This document is a supplement to Sarasota County and Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) stormwater and surface water management guidance documents regarding local design criteria and LID applicability. The guidance provided in the document is designed to be flexible with performance criteria provided where possible. Depending on the magnitude of specific or cumulative impacts, other methods of meeting the overall water resources objectives of Sarasota County and SWFWMD will be considered. For all projects, check with local officials and other agencies to determine additional restrictions and/or surface water or watershed requirements that apply. In the Sarasota County Comprehensive Plan Chapter 4 Watershed Management, Water Policy 2.3.2. was created as a commitment to exploring alternatives and new technologies in stormwater management by adding low impact development to the stormwater tool box.
Sources: Sarasota County Government