«In addition to encouraging the use of rain storage tanks, builders would be required to use other low - cost and sensible water management methods; these include simple measures, like diverting rainfall to gardens, constructed
infiltration swales, mulch and permeable pavement, all of which will help to sustainably direct the rain directly where it falls.
LID techniques include the use of open
swales,
infiltration basins, vegetative buffers, rain gardens, rain barrels, maintaining natural topography, use of wetlands, and maintaining land cover.