Below: a gallery of low-impact development, low-environmental impact permeable paving at a European Utitiles Department/Sewage Treatment plant.
Leading by Example: We know that the NDPES 5-year cycle for Phase II cities has become a burden on many US small cities.
New requirements (BSD-better site design, utilizing LID-Low Impact Development standards).
Much tighter restrictions on the amount of NPS that MS4 operators are allowed to release into surface waters.
Requiring many cities to restrict the amount of incremental Stormwater Runoff as a result of new developments - even though in these economic times placing new burden on new businesses is not the most helpful tactic to induce a local economic recovery.
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The following Public Utilities Department has elected to lead by example, demonstrating cost-efficient and long-term solutions to SWR-MGT design, utilizing infiltration-based Stormwater Runoff Management plans/designs.
Question: Again we ask, what do the European engineers, architects and design/build firms know that we do not know?
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