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Putting the LID on Stormwater Management

Call for Papers

Co-sponsored by

•	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 3; Philadelphia, PA
•	Prince George’s County, Maryland
•	Montgomery County, Maryland
•	District of Columbia, Department of Health
•	Anacostia Watershed Toxics Alliance
•	Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Conference Overview
US EPA Region III and a number of co-sponsors will host a national Low Impact Development (LID) and Watershed Management Conference in order to continue to promote the use of LID as an effective alternative for traditional stormwater management, as well as to examine successful watershed management practices related to stream restoration. The primary purpose of the conference will be to inform practitioners throughout the country of the benefits of LID approaches and how to anticipate and address the real impediments for implementating these techniques to accelerate change in state and local stormwater management practices.

Session Topics include, but are not limited to:

•	Architecture of LID- Making it Look Great!
•	Creative Applications of LID Nationally and Internationally
•	Community and Neighborhood Involvement and Acceptance of LID
•	Impediments to using LID and Examples of Removing Those Barriers, from Public Acceptance to Regulatory Constraints
•	LID Education to the Owner, Real Estate and Design Communities
•	LID Research, Performance Monitoring, and Modeling
•	LID, Second Generation- Lessons Learned and Lessons not to be Repeated
•	Maintenance Practices for LID
•	Restoring the Urban Watershed: LID and Stream Restoration
•	Site Design and Analysis Considerations for a Successful LID Application
•	Successful Collaborative Funding Approaches to LID
•	The Developer Angle- Why Use LID?

Call for Papers
To be considered for the conference program, authors should submit an abstract (400 words maximum) concisely describing their project or program. All abstracts must be received by November 30, 2003. Notice of acceptance/rejection is scheduled for January 27, 2004. By submitting an abstract, a prospective presenter agrees to prepare a PowerPoint and oral presentation or poster display, as well as a manuscript for publication in the conference proceedings. A number of papers not selected to formally present at the conference will be invited to give a poster presentation. Individuals failing to submit their manuscript/poster project by the March 31, 2004 deadline will forfeit their opportunity to present at the conference.

Abstract Submittal and Information
To submit an abstract, or to be placed on the distribution list for future conference announcements and final program mailings, please contact the conference coordinator:

Brian Rustia
MWCOG
777 North Capitol Street, NE
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20002
email: brustia@mwcog.org.

Documents for Download:
Call for Papers (PDF file - 21 KB)