Audience Participation: High This session will explain the potential for applications of Low Impact Development (LID) practices on Utility Scale Solar (USS) sites to reduce runoff flows and impacts to receiving streams using old, current, and new practices in the field. We will describe new practices that have been successfully applied in the field, but have not been described in detail in the literature or regulatory BMP guidance. We will also discuss important pre-development soil/site impact risk evaluation criteria along with practices from other states that have worked well. Finally, we will review suggested combined stormwater management and erosion/sediment control BMPs for USS during all three phases of site development, operations and decommissioning.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this presentation, attendees will:
As a result of taking this course/class the learner should be able to identify the proper best management practices (BMPs) for Utility Scale Solar (USS) site development based upon the existing site conditions including vegetation, slopes, soils, and proximity to sensitive impact areas that need to be protected.
As the result of taking this course/class the learner should be able to be able to identify potential areas of concern in a proposed USS project that can be identified well before construction activities begins and incorporated into the civil planning and permitting process.
As the result of taking this course/class the learner should be able to provide a list of suggested/alternate BMP practices for USS to be used for stormwater management and sediment control during all three phases (development, operations, closure) of the site's lifetime.
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