Test Results Permit Side-by-Side Comparisons of BMPs

摘要

Initial results from what is perhaps the first comprehensive attempt to compare a variety of so-called storm-water best management practices (bmps) under identical conditions indicate that low-impact development (lid) approaches generally remove the highest levels of key contaminants. lid techniques attempt to maintain a site's predevelop-ment hydrology by minimizing runoff and treating and retaining storm water on-site to the fullest extent possible. Released in January, the findings of the unh Stormwater Center—a component of the Environmental Research Group at the University of New Hampshire (unh)—also affirm that lid practices are effective even in cold climates.