Low Impact Development
Reference Handout
PARTNERS AND GENERAL INFORMATION:
o LID Guidebook for NC: http://www.ncsu.edu/WECO/lid/documents/NC_LID_Guidebook.pdf
o NC Cooperative Extension: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/
o UNC Coastal Studies Institute: http://csi.northcarolina.edu/
o NC Watershed Education for Community and Local Officials:
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/agecon/WECO/
o NC DENR: http://www.enr.state.nc.us/
o NCSU Department of Soil Science: http://www.soil.ncsu.edu/
o NCSU Solar Center: http://www.ncsc.ncsu.edu/
o U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/
o NCSU Biological & Agricultural Engineering: http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/
Introduction to NC LID Guidebook and Low Impact Development
o LID - A Guidebook for NC: http://www.ncsu.edu/WECO/lid/documents/NC_LID_Guidebook.pdf
o LID and Economics Factsheet:
http://www.ncsu.edu/WECO/nemo/documents/WECO_LID_econ_factsheet.pdf
o NC LID Group: http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/topic/lid
o EPA: Managing Wet Weather with Green Infrastructure:
http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/home.cfm?program_id=298
o EPA: Low Impact Development: http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/lid/
o The Low Impact Development Center: http://www.lowimpactdevelopment.org
Green Building and HealthyBuilt Homes
Site and Water Resources
o The NCSU Solar Center: www.ncsc.ncsu.edu
o www.ncgreenbuilding.org
o Latitude/longitude/magnetic declination : www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/geomag/jsp/Declination.jsp
o Site and Tree selection: www.urbanforestrysouth.org and
www.ces.ncsu.edu/fletcher/programs/nursery/ncutep/
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o Urban Land Institute: www.uli.org
o Water Resources Research Institute: www.ncsu.edu/ncsu/CIL/WRRI/
o The Smart Growth Network: www.smartgrowth.org
Indoor Air Quality Resources
o The NCSU Solar Center : www.ncsc.ncsu.edu
o Advanced Energy: www.advancedenergy.org
o Radon in NC: www.ncradon.org
o NC Public Health IAQ: www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/air/homes.html
Material Resources
o Western NC Green Building Council: www.wncgbc.org
o Oikos manufacturer and supplier database: www.oikos.com
o Green Spec, Green Building Advisor, Environmental Building News –BuildingGreen:
www.buildinggreen.com
o Become a Builder Member (contact: hbhcoordinator@ncsu.edu)
o National Wildlife Federation Backyard Wildlife Habitat: www.nwf.org/backyard
o Drought tolerant plants for NC:
www.bae.ncsu.edu/programs/extension/publicat/wqwm/ag508_3/
o Urban Horticulture: www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer
o Wise water use in NC Landscaping:
www.bae.ncsu.edu/programs/extension/publicat/wqwm/ag508_1.html
o Planning water use: www.bae.ncsu.edu/programs/extension/publicat/wqwm/ag508_2.html
Decentralized Wastewater and LID
o EPA onsite/decentralized: http://cfpub.epa.gov/owm/septic/home.cfm
o NCSU – Choices for Communities: Wastewater Management Options for Rural Areas
o Consortium of Institutes for Decentralized: http://www.onsiteconsortium.org/index.cfm
o Decentralized Listserve: https://lists.epa.gov/read/all_forums/
o Creative Community Design and Wastewater Management- National Decentralized Water
Resources Capacity Development Project. Washington University, St. Louis, MO: 2004. WU-HT00-30 www.ndwrcdp.org/userfiles/WUHT0030_post.pdf
o National Decentralized Water Resources Capacity Development Project: www.ndwrcdp.org
o Extension publications: Why Do Septic Systems Fail?, Septic Systems and the Environment, Septic
System Owners Guide, Investigate Before You Invest, Septic System and Their Maintenance,
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LID References- This handout also available online at http://www.ncsu.edu/WECO/lid
Management of Single Family and Small Community Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems,
Home*A*Syst , Choices for Communities: Wastewater Management Options for Rural Areas
o Onsite Wastewater Demonstration and Training Sites: Vernon James Research and Extension
Center, NCSU/NCDA, Plymouth; Lake Wheeler, NCSU, Raleigh; Guilford County CES, Greensboro;
Brunswick County CES, Bolivia; Mountain Horticultural Research Station, NCSU/NCDA, Fletcher
Marketing LID
o Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team: http://www.wa.gov/puget_sound
o The Low Impact Development Center: http://www.lowimpactdevelopment.org
o Stormwater Research Center: http://www.stormwatercenter.net
o U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/urban.html
o UW Center for Urban Water Resources: http://depts.washington.edu/cuwrm/
o NC Low Impact Development Center: http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/topic/lid
http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/lid/costs07/
Government Planning and Regulatory Strategies
o LID - A Guidebook for NC. Chapter 7:
http://www.ncsu.edu/WECO/lid/documents/NC_LID_Guidebook.pdf#page=189
o LID and Policy Factsheet:
http://www.ncsu.edu/WECO/nemo/documents/WECO_LID_policy_factsheet.pdf
o Center for Watershed Protection Better Site Design Resources:
http://www.cwp.org/Resource_Library/Better_Site_Design/
Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs)
o NCSU Dept of Biological and Agricultural Engineering Stormwater Group:
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater/
o Trainings: http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater/training.html
o French Broad Training Center: www.ncsu.edu/waterquality/frenchbroad
o U.S. EPA Nonpoint Source Outreach Toolbox: http://www.epa.gov/nps/toolbox/index.htm
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LID References- This handout also available online at http://www.ncsu.edu/WECO/lid