Low Impact Development Education and Outreach
2010 NACo Achievement Award Winner
Spotsylvania County, Va., VA
Best In Category
About the Program
Category: County Resiliency (Best in Category)
Year: 2010
Innovative Stormwater Management has been expanded in the county from a token 10% of proposed projects featuring some Low Impact Development (LID) to approximately 98% for new projects using LID designs. The county observes the use of natural tendencies to infiltrate (or re-infiltrate) water as nature had been doing before any form of land disturbance occurred. The use of innovative practices has created many unconventional alternatives to the traditional facilities offered in many stormwater design standards. This need has presented the County with a new education and outreach program that can be adaptable with any locality.