Transcription of CHAPTER 2 Low Impact Development Techniques
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New Jersey StormwaterBest Management practices ManualFebruary 2004 CHAPTER 2 Low ImpactDevelopment TechniquesAs described in CHAPTER 1, land Development can have severe adverse stormwater impacts, particularly if theland is converted from woods, meadow, or other natural condition to a highly disturbed area with largepercentages of impervious and non-native vegetated covers. Such impacts typically include an increase instormwater runoff volume, rate, velocity, and pollutants and a corresponding decrease in the quality ofrunoff and stream flow. Frequently, management of these impacts has focused on collecting and conveyingthe runoff from the entire site through a structural conveyance system to a centralized facility ( ,detention basin, wet pond) where it is stored and treated prior to discharge downstream.
New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual • Chapter 2: Low Impact Development Techniques • February 2004 • Page 2-3 The use of both nonstructural and structural BMPs in low impact development is governed by certain
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