The Creation of a Low Impact Development Manual for Coastal South Carolina

Although low impact development (LID) has become the norm in some parts of the country, its application is relatively limited in coastal South Carolina.Barriers to LID implementation include concerns about cost, maintenance, codes/ordinances and South Carolina's unique coastal conditions, speciEically the shallow water table, tidal inEluence and soils.Few, if any, resources exist for developers, landscape architects, and engineers who may be interested in implementing LID in coastal South Carolina as opposed to installing traditional stormwater systems.Overall Goal: Create a low impact development planning and design guide speciEic to coastal South Carolina, and provide associated tools and technical training that target information-related barriers to the implementation of LID practices on the community, neighborhood, and site scale.