Welcome to the UNHSC-NEMO Innovative Stormwater Management Inventory!

This searchable and amendable inventory is designed to highlight innovative BMP strategies, such as Low Impact Development (LID) designs, implemented throughout New England. LID design originated in Maryland in the 1990's to reduce the negative impacts of traditional development on watershed areas and receiving waters. The goal of LID is to limit generation of runoff from developed areas and preserve the natural or predevelopment hydrology of a site. Bioretention areas, rain gardens, gravel wetlands, and pervious pavements are some of the innovative stormwater best management practices (BMPs) that can be designed to mitigate the adverse impacts impervious surfaces.

There are two ways to search the inventory, by state or by stormwater management device. Clicking on a state or treatment device in the menus below will generate a page displaying information from the inventory. A more detailed report about a specific device can be viewed by clicking on "Detail" to the left of the device or location in question. There is also a unique update feature that allows users familiar with additional LID installations to add regional examples to the inventory. We hope that these tools can demonstrate real world examples of successful innovative BMP installations throughout the region. Lack of performance data or implementation examples is often the limiting factor of more widespread acceptance and use of innovative stormwater BMPs. We hope this information is useful for anyone who wants to start using these innovative techniques to protect our water resources!

If you know of any examples of BMP implementation that should be included in the new UNHSC-NEMO management inventory? Take a moment and visit our on-line submission form where you can enter relevant information directly into the database.

NEMO (Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials) is a University of Connecticut program for local land use officials addressing the relationship of land use to natural resource protection. NEMO was created to provide information, education and assistance to local land use boards and commissions on how they can accommodate growth while protecting their natural resources and community character.

CICEET (The Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology) develops and applies tools to detect, prevent, and reverse the impacts of coastal pollution and habitat degradation on coastal ecosystems and communities.