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|  | + | = Preface = | 
|  | + | This document – the Low Impact Development Stormwater Management Planning | 
|  | + | and Design Guide – has been developed by Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) and | 
|  | + | Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) as a tool to help developers, | 
|  | + | consultants, municipalities and landowners understand and implement sustainable | 
|  | + | stormwater planning and practices in the CVC and TRCA watersheds. The use of | 
|  | + | sustainable stormwater planning and practices will help ensure the continued health | 
|  | + | of the streams, rivers, lakes, fisheries and terrestrial habitats in our watersheds. | 
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| − | == Getting started ==
 | + | The guide is intended to provide engineers, ecologists and planners with up-to-date | 
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 | + | The information contained in the guide will help practitioners adopt landscape-based | 
|  | + | stormwater management approaches, and will help select, design, construct and | 
|  | + | monitor more sustainable stormwater management practices. | 
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|  | + | This manual is not a stand-alone document. It is intended to augment the Ontario | 
|  | + | Ministry of the Environment’s 2003 Stormwater Management Planning and Design | 
|  | + | Manual, which provides design criteria for “conventional” end-of-pipe stormwater | 
|  | + | management practices such as wet ponds and constructed wetlands. It is also a | 
|  | + | companion document to other stormwater related guidance documents prepared by | 
|  | + | CVC and TRCA. Amongst others, these include: | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | '''CVC''' | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Credit River Water Management Guidelines (CRWMG) (2007); | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Credit River Stormwater Management Criteria (currently under development; | 
|  | + | will be an appendix to the CRWMG; | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Geomorphic and Meander Belt Guidelines (an appendix to the CRWMG); | 
|  | + | • Floodline Mapping Guidelines (an appendix to the CRWMG); | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Environmental Impact Report Terms of Reference (an appendix to the | 
|  | + | CRWMG); | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Technical Guidelines for Floodproofing, 1994 (an appendix to the CRWMG); | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Hydrologic/Hydraulic Modeling (an appendix to the CRWMG Guidelines); | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Guidelines for Hydrogeologic Studies (an appendix to the CRWMG); | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Headwater Assessment Guidelines (an appendix to the CRWMG). | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | '''TRCA''' | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Planning and Development Procedural Manual (2007); | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Stormwater Management Criteria (currently under development); | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Floodplain Management Guideline; and | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Stream Crossing Guidelines. | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | = Notice = | 
|  | + | The contents of this report do not necessarily represent the policies of the supporting agencies. Although | 
|  | + | every reasonable effort has been made to ensure the integrity of the report, the supporting agencies do | 
|  | + | not make any warranty or representation, expressed or implied, with respect to the accuracy or | 
|  | + | completeness of the information contained herein. Mention of trade names or commercial products does | 
|  | + | not constitute endorsement or recommendation of those products. | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | = Acknowledgements = | 
|  | + | '''Project Team:''' | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Toronto and Region Conservation Authority | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Credit Valley Conservation Authority | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Sustainable Technologies Evaluation Program | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Aquafor Beech Limited | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Schollen & Company | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Dougan and Associates | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Kidd Consulting | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Center for Watershed Protection | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Chesapeake Stormwater Network | 
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|  | + |   | 
|  | + | '''Funding support for this document was generously provided by:''' | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Region of Peel | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • City of Toronto | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Region of York | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Fisheries and Oceans Canada | 
|  | + |   | 
|  | + | • Ontario Ministry of the Environment | 
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|  | + | • Environment Canada’s Great Lakes Sustainability Fund |