This page contains documents and memos received by MPCA to support development of information on various topic in the covered in the stormwater manual.
Jump to links to supporting documents for:
- Bioretention
- Green roofs
- Infiltration
- Iron enhanced sand filter
- Pretreatment
- Street sweeping
- Swales
- Trees
Bioretention
The following documents were submitted as part of Minnesota Stormwater Manual updates conducted in 2013 and 2014. See Acknowledgements for bioretention.
- File:Bioretention task 2 - definitions.docx: technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Bioretention Task 4 soil infiltration rates.docx: technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Bioretention task 5 pretreatment.docx: technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Bioretention task 6 soil ripping.docx: technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Bioretention task 7 soil amendments.docx: technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Bioretention task 8 design specs.docx: technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Bioretention Task 9 construction specs.docx: technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Bioretention task 10 p credit.docx: technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Task 8 design specs media.docx: technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
Green roofs
- File:COMMENTS ON EXISTING GREEN ROOF FACT SHEET.docx - technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Green roof benefits.docx - technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Green roof cost benefit.docx - technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Green roof design and construction.docx - technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Green roof glossary.docx - technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Green roof performance evaluation checklist.docx - technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Green roof performance evaluation maintenance.docx - technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Green roof plant lists.docx - technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Green roof pollutant removal.docx - technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Green roof references.docx - technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Literature Review.docx - technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
Infiltration
The following documents are final drafts delivered through contract work which ended June 30, 2015.
- File:Infiltration paper 1.docx
- File:Infiltration paper 2.docx
- File:Groundwater Mounding Parameters Table 2015-06-30.docx
Iron enhanced sand filter
- File:Final Iron Document.docx - document produced by Barr Engineering as part of the Minimal Impacts Design Standards project
Pretreatment
The following document was submitted as part of Minnesota Stormwater Manual updates conducted in 2015 and 2016. See Acknowledgements for pretreatment.
The following document was submitted in 2013 as part of the Minimal Impact Design Standards project. The paper addresses performance and design considerations associated with two common pretreatment BMPs: (1) vegetated filter strips and (2) flow-through structures.
Street sweeping
Swales
These documents were delivered to the MPCA by contractors through work orders. Some of the documents may contain comments and suggested edits. These documents were used to update the manual wiki.
- File:Dry swale for wiki.docx
- File:Wet swale wiki.docx
- File:Step pool MPCA comments.docx
- File:LTI-23MAR2018-Check Dam Page.docx
Trees
- File:Trees Task 2 Overview.docx - technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Trees Tasks 2 and 13 Water quality benefits.docx - Water quality benefits of trees and urban forests for stormwater management. Technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Trees Task 4 Soil guidelines.docx - Design/schematic level specifications for soils. Technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Trees Task 4 Tree guidelines.docx - Design/schematic level specifications for tree planting. Technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Trees Task 5 Comparison table.docx - Technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Trees Task 5 Construction specifications.docx - Construction specifications and constraints. Technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Trees Task 6 Construction activities.docx - Protection of existing trees on construction sites. Technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Trees Task 7 Maintenance.docx - Maintenance, operation guidelines. Technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Trees Task 8 Monitoring guidelines.docx - Tree monitoring, inventory protocols. Technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Trees Task 10 Street sweeping.docx - Tree, leaf amd woody debris sweeping guidelines. Technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Trees Task 11 Fact sheet.docx - Fact sheet summary of urban forests managing stormwater as a BMP. Technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Trees Task 12 Case studies.docx - Case studies. Technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Trees Task 13 Volume credits.docx - technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Tree-Maintenance checklist-Final.xls - technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Trees Task 3 Tree species table.xlsx - technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)
- File:Trees Task 13 ET interception credits.docx - The Roles and Effects of Tree Evapotranspiration and canopy Interception in Stormwater Management Systems and Strategies. Technical document provided by Kestrel Design Group to MPCA (may be modified from original version by MPCA)