LID Resources
Learn more about Low Impact Development Practices for Oregon, including links to additional resources.
Common Low Impact
Development practices include rain gardens, bioswales, pervious surfaces,
eco-roofs, green streets, rainwater harvesting and conservation planning. LID can be designed to
create an attractive amenity in a variety of situations, including residential
or commercial applications, schools and public facilities, new development, and
already developed areas. Below are additional resources about LID.
Fact sheet about LID for Oregon
Download the new fact sheet (PDF) we created to highlight examples of LID in Oregon and explain the impacts of stormwater runoff and the economic and environmental benefits of water quality-friendly development practices. This is a tool you can use when talking with community leaders and developers about stormwater and development.
Case studies of LID projects in Oregon
Check out our growing collection of case studies on innovative local projects that protect watersheds from stormwater runoff.
Presentations from OEC's Stormwater Solutions workshops
Larry Coffman's powerpoint presentation
Sustainable Principles for Land Development by Maria Cahill
"Cowboy Logic" by Barry Beyeler from Boardman, Oregon
Porous Pavement by Matt Rogers, PE, Century West Engineering
"Untangling the Codes" by Lori Faha, PE
"Green Streets: Green Infrastructure" by Jason King
"Green Infrastructure in a Small Town Context: 13 Lessons Learned" by Brian Issa, City of Veneta
A presentation you can give
Several members of our local advisory committees requested a presentation that they could use to talk to their city councils or other groups about LID. Download the presentation. It may take a few minutes to download this file.
Additional Resources
Stormwater manuals and design handbooks
Clean Water Services LIDA Handbook
Gresham Green Development Practices
Rogue Valley Stormwater Quality Design Manual
Central Oregon Stormwater Manual
LID Technical Assistance Manual for Puget Sound
Sustainable Streets & Parking Lots Design - San Mateo County
Urban Stormwater Retrofit Manual (Center for Watershed Protection)
Codes, ordinances, and policies
EPA Municipal Water Quality Scorecard
Local Water Policy Innovation: A Roadmap for Community Based Stormwater Solutions (American Rivers)
Stormwater/Pavement Impact Reduction Report (Audubon Society of Portland)
City of Boardman, OR Stormwater Management Development Code (2002)
City of Brookings, OR Landscaping Ordinances (2009)
Costs and economics
The Economics of Low-Impact Development: A Literature Review (ECONorthwest)
Reducing Stormwater Costs Through Low Impact Development (EPA)
Damages and Costs of Stormwater Runoff in the Puget Sound Basin
Tool for estimating whole life costs of stormwater facilities
Green Values Stormwater Toolbox
Reports about stormwater and LID
Stormwater Solutions: Turning Oregon's Rain Back Into a Resource (OEC)
Impacts of Impervious Cover on Aquatic Systems (Center for Watershed Protection)
Forest Cover, Impervious Surface Area, and the Mitigation of Urbanization Impacts in King County, WA
Info about best practices
How to describe stormwater facilities to the public: LID terms and definitions
DEQ fact sheet: Which stormwater facilities are UICs
Online tour of pervious concrete in Beaverton
Rain gardens at Portland Public schools
Center for Watershed Protection's Stormwater Resource Center
EPA Green Infrastructure Partnership
International Stormwater BMP Database
University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center
Metro Green from the Ground Up
Portland Sustainable Stormwater Program
LID examples in the Tualatin Basin
If you notice that any of these links are broken, please contact teresah(at)oeconline.org.
