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Better Site Design

The Better Site Design document provides guidance to developers and designers to plan for and implement environmentally sound designs while reducing the effects of stormwater runoff through both regulatory and non-regulatory techniques.

You may chose to view/download the entire document as one large file (pdf, 2.25MB), or in order to ease viewing/downloading, the document has been segmented into two smaller files: Better Site Design - Part 1 (pdf, 1.1MB); Better Site Design - Part 2 (pdf, 1.2MB).

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  • Bureau of Water Permits
    NYSDEC - Division of Water
    625 Broadway
    Albany, NY 12233-3505
    518-402-8247
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