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    • Comprehensive approaches to stormwater management
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  • Hydrology, Soils, and Vegetation
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    • Design Guidance for Stormwater BMPs
    • Assessing the performance of stormwater BMPs
    • Credits for stormwater volume and pollutant reductions
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    • Operation and maintenance of stormwater BMPs
  1. Design Guidance for Stormwater BMPs
  2. Construction specifications for Stormwater BMPs

Construction specifications for stormwater wetlands

CADD-based details for pond and wetland systems are contained in the Computer-aided design and drafting (CAD/CADD) drawings section. The following details, with specifications, have been created for stormwater ponds/wetlands:

  • Typical Pond Plan and Profile
  • Shallow Wetland Plan and Profile
  • Extended Detention Shallow Wetland Plan and Profile
  • Outlet Structure Details

Related pages

  • Overview for stormwater wetlands
  • Types of stormwater wetlands
  • Design criteria for stormwater wetlands
  • Assessing the performance of stormwater wetlands
  • Operation and maintenance of stormwater wetlands
  • Cost-benefit considerations for stormwater wetlands
  • Calculating credits for stormwater wetlands
  • References for stormwater wetlands
  • Requirements, recommendations and information for using stormwater wetland as a BMP in the MIDS calculator.

Construction specifications for Stormwater BMPs

  • Bioretention
  • Filtration practices
  • Infiltration practices
  • Stormwater ponds
  • Stormwater wetlands
  • Swales
  • Green roofs
  • Permeable pavement
  • Stormwater harvest and use/reuse
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