CTP Resources & Reference Tools
Hurricane Preparedness
- National Hurricane Center Website
- SC Office of Emergency Management
- SC Department of Health and Environmental Control Hurricane Preparedness Website
Pervious Concrete
- PCI Systems
- Carolinas Ready Mixed Concrete Association (CRMCA)
- CRMCA Spreadsheet for Pervious Hydrologic Design & Analysis
- Pervious Concrete Introduction
- Pervious Concrete Detailed Information
- Pervious Concrete FAQs
- Pervious Tools
High Performance & Green Building
- US Green Building Council (USGBC)
- The Southface Institute
- EarthCraft Homes
- Sustainable Universities Initiative
- Green Building Companies Contact List
Rainwater Harvesting & Rain Gardens
- South Carolina Rain Garden Manual
- Rain Garden Planning & Design
- Harvesting Rainwater for Landscape Use
- NC State Rainwater Harvesting Model
- NC State Rainwater Harvesting Model Guide
- Texas Manual on Rainwater Harvesting
- Seattle Rain Catchers
Low Impact & Alternative Development
- The Noisette Company
- The Low Impact Development Center
- Seattle Street Edge Alternatives (SEA) Project
- NOAA Coastal Services Center Alternatives for Coastal Development Web-based Tool
- South Carolina: Growing by Chance or Choice?
- The Practice of Low Impact Development
Wetlands & Buffers
- Planner's Guide to Wetland Buffers for Local Governments
- Critical Line Buffer Ordinances: Guidance for Coastal Communities
- Can Local Ordinances Help Protect Isolated Wetlands?
- Center for Watershed Protection: Wetlands and Watershed Series:
- Article 1: Direct and Indirect Impacts of Urbanization on Wetland Quality
- Article 2: Using Local Watershed Plans to Protect Wetlands
- Article 3: Adapting Watershed Tools to Protect Wetlands
- Article 4: A Local Ordinance to Protect Wetland Functions
- Article 5: The Next Generation of Stormwater Wetlands
- Article 6: The Importance of Protecting Vulnerable Streams and Wetlands at the Local Level
Watershed Planning, Land Use Planning & Better Site Design
- Center for Watershed Protection
- EPA Watershed Planning Technical Tools
- Model Development Principles - Local Site Planning Roundtable
- Basic Concepts in Watershed Planning
- The Tools of Watershed Protection
- Economics of Watershed Protection
- Watershed Protection Audit Form
- Introduction to Better Site Design
- Better Site Design Code & Ordinance Worksheet
- Understanding Watershed Behavior
- On Watershed Education
- Microbes & Urban Watersheds Article Series:
Stormwater Management
- Coastal Waccamaw Stormwater Education Consortium (References Page)
- University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center
- Stormwater Resource Center
- Stormwater Strategies: Community Responses to Runoff Pollution
- Center for Watershed Protection Model Stormwater Ordinance
- Eight Step Approach to Stormwater Retrofitting
- Retrofit Inventory Data Sheet
- Stormwater Ponds in the Coastal Zone: South Carolina State of Knowledge
Constructed Stormwater Wetlands
- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Constructed Wetlands
- Sacramento Regional County Constructed Wetland Demonstration Project
- Nonpoint Source Pollution and Constructed Wetlands in the Kingston Lake Watershed
- Constructed Wetland Use for Nonpoint Source Pollution Control - MI DEQ
- Georgia Stormwater Management Manual - Constructed Wetlands
- California Stormwater Best Management Practices Handbook - Constructed Wetlands
- Constructed Wetlands for Urban Stormwater Management - Alabama
- Constructed Wetlands for Failed Septic Systems
- Wetland Plants for Constructed Wetlands and Stormwater Wetlands
- Guide to Creating Constructed Wetlands - General Considerations
- EPA Stormwater Wetland Technology Fact Sheet
- Constructed Wetlands Project in South Carolina
- Ponds Vs Wetlands: Performance Considerations in Stormwater Quality Management
- Constructed Wetlands for Stormwater Management
- Virginia Minimum Standard - Constructed Stormwater Wetlands
