The manual introduces general audiences to designing landscapes for urban stormwater runoff -- a primary source of watershed pollution. The goal is to motivate awareness and implementation of LID in a wide cross-section of stakeholders, from property owners to municipal governments that regulate infrastructure development. The manual provides a holistic framework in which a novice homeowner and an experienced developer can each find an equally tranformative role to enact.

In 1999, the EPA published The Stormwater Phase II rule, which instituted the implementation of "techniques, measures or structural control to manage and improve the quality of stormwater runoff" otherwise known as Best Management Practices (BMP) (EPA, 1999). These strategies are designed to address one or more of three factors; flow control, pollutant removal, and pollutant source removal. As part of the list of techniques associated with BMP's, one in particular has become a more strategic approach that mimics predevelopment hydrology (EPA, 2009). This approach is known as Low Impact Development. Low Impact Development (LID) practices have emerged as the new alternative to conventional planning strategies. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the design and implementation processes of LID in order to gain clear understanding about the effects and integration of low impact principles in urban environments, specifically the Dallas - Fort Worth (DFW) area. The research concentrates on how various design and construction disciplines, such as landscape architecture and engineering, approach a design or construction using Low Impact Development. Additionally, what are the influences that have helped designers choose LID practices over conventional planning strategies? This research concentrates on various LIDs practices implemented using qualitative methods (Taylor et al,1998). The research primarily utilizes interviews and site observations on existing LID's in selected sites in DFW (Marcus et al, 2001). The researcher reviews and documents the various types of LID practices and uses those practices as a basis for qualitative analysis through the use of interviews with designers of LIDs. To analyze what design and construction techniques and processes have been used, the thesis conducts interviews with different individuals that have designed and implemented LID in the Dallas -Fort Worth area. In addition to the interviews, a site observation has been conducted at Texas A & M Agrilife Research and Extension Center in Dallas, TX. This ongoing research project is documented to further understand and illustrate the problems and issues involved in the construction process associated with LID practices. While at Texas A & M, documentation about the construction processes of LID was obtained through passive field observation techniques (Marcus et al, 2001). Rogers' Diffusion of Innovation Theory is used to analyze the interviews to find the commonalities and differences in the interview responses (Rogers, 2003). In conclusion, LID practices have become more abundant in the continuously expanding Dallas- Ft Worth area. The framework for this evolving alternative to conventional planning strategies has start gaining wider audience across design disciplines. This research illustrates that the decision to choose low impact development over traditional methods lies solely with each individual that is involved in the design and construction process. This research also evaluates the differences in design and implementation of LID practices among the disciplines of landscape architecture and engineering. The significance of this topic is important to landscape architects because it particularly involves the one area upon which a designer has a direct influence; the environment in which we inhabit. The American Society of Landscape Architects mission statement is "to lead, to educate, and to participate in the careful stewardship, wise planning, and artful design of our cultural and natural environment" (ASLA, 2012).

This thesis investigates sustainable storm water management in an alpine case study in the eastern part of Innsbruck. Firstly the focus lies on the ecological properties of concepts such as Low Impact Development (LID), Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD), Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) and Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI) especially with regard to the site conditions in the study area. Through a literature research no specific impediments which would hinder an potential implementation could be detected. However there are still general obstacles that discourage a more intensive utilization. In the practical part the Urban Biophysical Environments & Technologies Simulator (UrbanBEATS), a dedicated software for the planning of sustainable storm water management, is used to detect suitable types and locations for the elements of sustainable storm water management in the study area. In a further step the Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) is applied in order to assess the hydrological performance in quantitative terms. The performance during five different storm events are recorded and show a peak runoff reduction up to 4.26% in the total system, a peak fooding reduction up to 20.28% and a fooding volume reduction up to 17.49%.

This manual comprises a holistic view of urban runoff quality management. For the beginner, who has little previous exposure to urban runoff quality management, the manual covers the entire subject area from sources and effects of pollutants in urban runoff through the development of management plans and the design of controls. For the municipal stormwater management agency, guidance is given for developing a water quality management plan that takes into account receiving water use objectives, local climatology, regulation, financing and cost, and procedures for comparing various types of controls for suitability and cost effectiveness in a particular area. This guidance will also assist owners of large-scale urban development projects in cost-effectively and aesthetically integrating water quality control to the drainage plan. The manual is also directed to designers who desire a self-contained unit that discusses the design of specific quality controls for urban runoff.

The book is an overview of the diversity of anthropogenic aquifer recharge (AAR) techniques that use aquifers to store and treat water. It focusses on the processes and the hydrogeological and geochemical factors that affect their performance. This book is written from an applied perspective with a focus of taking advantage of global historical experiences, both positive and negative, as a guide to future implementation. Most AAR techniques are now mature technologies in that they have been employed for some time, their scientific background is well understood, and their initial operational challenges and associated solutions have been identified. However, opportunities exist for improved implementation and some recently employed and potential future innovations are presented. AAR which includes managed aquifer recharge (MAR) is a very important area of water resources management and there is no recent books that specifically and comprehensively addresses the subject.