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Low Impact Development (LID)
Current Trends and Practices

Michael F. Bloom, P.E., CFM – R. G. Miller Engineers, Inc.

Houston-Galveston Area Council, 3555 Timmons Lane, Houston, Texas 77027, Second Floor, Conference Room B

1:30 PM, Thursday, August 28, 2014

SPEAKER: Michael Bloom is a Senior Project Manager and a Department Manager at R. G. Miller Engineers, Inc., where he plans and designs low impact development (LID) sites, facilities and public infrastructure. He also helps cities, counties and MUD’s comply with municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4) permits. Michael currently serves as Chair of the Water Issues Committee of the Greater Houston Partnership and as a member of Mayor Parker’s Water Conservation Task Force. He received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Syracuse and an MS in Environmental Engineering from Drexel.

TOPIC: Low Impact Development (“LID”), or green infrastructure (“GI”) techniques, such as bio-swales, rain gardens, and bio-filtration, are being used more frequently in Harris County, and other parts of the region. These techniques are used to reduce peak runoff and end of pipe detention requirements, increase groundwater infiltration, reduce stream erosion and reduce pollutant loads in urban runoff. When used holistically with landscaping and land planning, these concepts can also reduce potable water consumption. Michael’s presentation will provide an introduction to LID/GI, some background about its emergence in the 1990’s in Maryland, and an overview of the Harris County LID/GI Criteria. A detailed evaluation of traditional drainage versus LID/GI for a 38-acre single family residential development will also be presented.

For more information, contact:

Paul R. Nelson, Assistant General Manager; Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District, 655 Conroe Park North Dr.,

Conroe, TX 77303, Phone: (936) 494-3436, Email: pnelson@lonestargcd.org