You can search the inventory by state or by clicking on the map, or by stormwater management practice. This will generate a page displaying information from the inventory. More detailed reports may be available for specific locations.

If you are familiar with additional LID installations not found in the inventory, you can submit projects to the website yourself with our on-line submission form.

Purpose

Lack of local implementation examples is often the limiting factor of more widespread acceptance and use of innovative stormwater BMPs. The purpose of this inventory is to provide real world examples of successful and innovative BMP installations throughout the region. It does not present performance data (which can be located at the International BMP Database). The UNHSC-NEMO inventory includes the location, owner, installer, designer and a brief description of local projects.

LID design originated in Maryland in the 1990s to reduce the negative impacts of traditional development on watershed areas and receiving waters. The goal of LID is to limit generation of runoff from developed areas and preserve the natural or predevelopment hydrology of a site. Bioretention areas, rain gardens, green roofs, and porous pavements are some of the innovative stormwater best management practices (BMPs) that can be designed to mitigate the adverse impacts of impervious surfaces.