Runoff ReductionBetter Site Design Makes Stormwater Management Easier

• Reduces impervious cover that generates runoff

• Reduces turf area that also generates runoff

• Conserves natural areas that maintain pre-development hydrology

• Creates more locations and options for effective practices

• Allows stream buffer to handle flood plain expansion

• Reduces cost and size of stormwater storage

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The first sizing criteria, runoff reduction, can be at least partially met by using better site design techniques, which make stormwater management easier in a number of ways.