Low Impact Development And Sustainable Stormwater Management

Environmental engineer Cahill presents simple and practical principles and examples of stormwater management designs that change present practice without sacrificing any of the desired comforts of a built environment. His goal is to help and encourage engineers, architects, landscape architects, planners, and developers respond positively to environmental concerns. Pivoting on the standards of low-impact design (LID), he discusses rainwater as the resource, stormwater hydrology and quality, land as the resource, the planning process, regulatory standards and LID design criteria, design calculations and methodology, designing systems, and structural measures. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

THOMAS H. CAHILL is the Principal Environmental Engineer and President of Cahill Associates. He has over forty-two years of professional experience in water resources engineering, hydrology, hydraulics, natural resource planning, and environmental engineering, including over thirty years in private practice. Mr. Cahill is the author of over 100 technical papers and publications on land use, stormwater management, and water quality, and is a frequent lecturer at environmental and engineering conferences.