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Minnesota Stormwater Manual
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  • Regulatory Information
    • Water Governance in Minnesota
    • Construction Stormwater Program
    • MS4 Program
    • Industrial Stormwater Program
    • Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) guidance for permittees
    • Minimal Impact Design Standards (MIDS)
  • About Stormwater
    • Basic stormwater concepts
    • Stormwater pollutants and sources
    • Stormwater pollutant transport and treatment mechanisms
    • Snowmelt and winter runoff
  • Stormwater Management
    • Stormwater management concepts and concerns
    • Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs)
    • Comprehensive approaches to stormwater management
    • Design and maintenance for winter runoff management
  • Hydrology, Soils, and Vegetation
    • Soil health, assessment, and management
    • Guidance on vegetation for stormwater management
    • Stormwater models & modeling guidance
    • Precipitation and climate
  • Design, Assessment, Maintenance
    • Design Guidance for Stormwater BMPs
    • Assessing the performance of stormwater BMPs
    • Credits for stormwater volume and pollutant reductions
    • Stormwater monitoring objectives and methods
    • Operation and maintenance of stormwater BMPs

Comprehensive approaches to stormwater management

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schematic showing better site design priciples

Better site design is one of several planning and design practices that stress the principles of minimizing disturbance, reducing runoff, increasing infiltration, filtering and adsorbing pollutants, retaining natural drainage, and minimizing impervious.

Stormwater management

  • Integrated Stormwater Management
  • Better Site Design (BSD)
  • Green Infrastructure and Green Stormwater Infrastructure
  • Stormwater Treatment Trains
  • LINK: MN Minimal Impact Design Standards (MIDS)
  • Stormwater management for solar projects
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