MIDS calculator videos

Videos demonstrating use of the Minimal Impact Design Standards (MIDS) calculator are being developed. These videos will typically be short and focus on a specific aspect of the calculator. Videos that have been completed and converted to YouTube videos are shown in blue text. Click on the link to view the module.

1. Overview of the calculator
2. Setting up your project site
3. Basis for calculations and changing defaults
4. The Excel file behind the graphical user interface
5. Bioretention
6. Infiltration basin/trench and underground infiltration
7. Swale (not including wet swale)
8. Tree trench
9. Sand filter and iron enhanced sand filter
10. Permeable pavement
11. Green roof
12. Constructed ponds and constructed wetlands
13. Harvest and use/re-use
14. Disconnection BMP
15. The Other BMP
16. Routing BMPs in series
17. Infiltration BMPs
18. Filtration BMPs
19. Non-volume control BMPs (pond, wetland, sand filter, wet swale)
20. Multiple BMP exercises
21. Interpreting results
22. Using the calculator for large areas and lumping BMPs
23. Available resources