Adopt low-impact design standards in parks and trails that infiltrate or retain all 2 inch, 24-hour stormwater events on site.
Best Practice of this action
Rating Guideline
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Standards exist for new parks/trails. |
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Standards are met in most or all parks. |
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Standards exist based upon the Sustainable Sites Initiative. |
Resources
- Green Infrastructure in Parks (US EPA: 2017) is a guide to funding partnerships and collaboration between park agencies and stormwater agencies that result in cost-saving green infrastructure on park lands.
- The State of MN's Minimal Impact Design Standards (MIDS) include new modeling methods and credit calculations that standardize the use of a range of innovative structural and nonstructural stormwater techniques.
- See the SITES Rating System - the most comprehensive tool for guiding and measuring landscape sustainability.
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