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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

Industrial Stormwater (ISW) program

Visit the Stormwater program for industrial activity webpage to learn about the latest requirements, training workshop information, permit reissuance details and more!

Industrial Stormwater Steps to Compliance

  • Step 1: Applicability — do you need a permit?
    • Is My Facility Required to Obtain the Industrial Stormwater General Permit?
    • Municipally-owned and operated industrial activities
  • Step 2: Consider certifying for No Exposure
  • Step 3: Assess for pollutants, sources of contaminated stormwater
  • Step 4: Create SWPPP, choose BMPs
  • Step 5: Apply for or modify your permit/certification
  • Step 6: Meet requirements
  • Step 7: Sampling
  • Industrial stormwater and PFAS

Program contact information

  • Send an email to the ISW program
  • Email ISW program staff
  • Fees: email fees program
  • Report a facility with compliance problems by using the online environmental complaint form.

Industrial stormwater program

  • Technical guidance
  • Applicability
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