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Project Partners: Garfield Township, Other Contractors

Later this year we will be publishing copies of a regional guidebook for Low-Impact Development Stormwater Best Management Practices. In cooperation with Garfield Township, we will be working with a regionally acclaimed stormwater best management practice (BMP) expert and award-winning landscape architect to develop and illustrate/design the book.

The book will investigate and outline various options for on-site stormwater management in the Grand Traverse Region while utilizing and building upon existing sources of information. It will introduce low-impact design (LID) techniques, including information regarding cost impacts, and be tailored to conditions specific to Northern Michigan, such as climate, topography and proximity to water. As a whole, LID is a stormwater management practice that seeks to manage and treat runoff at its source, addressing stormwater through small, cost-effective landscape features located at the residential lot or community level.

We hope that this booklet will be a valuable educational tool and an interim step along the way to help educate local officials regarding amending local ordinances to include provisions for stormwater.