Stormwater Manual Table of Contents

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Minnesota Stormwater Manual

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General Information

1. Overview of basic stormwater concepts
2. Stormwater research and education
3. References for general stormwater information
4. Minnesota maps

Stormwater treatment concepts

1. Integrated stormwater management
2. Using the treatment train approach to BMP selection
3. Process for selecting Best Management Practices

Best Management Practices

1. Overview of stormwater BMP principles
2. Individual Best Management Practices
   1. Pollution prevention
   2. Better site design
   3. Stormwater re-use and rainwater harvesting
   4. Temporary construction erosion and sediment control
   5. Green roofs
   6. Turf
   7. Permeable pavement
   8. Trees
   9. Bioretention
   10. Infiltration basin
   11. Infiltration trench
   12. Swales
   13. Subsurface gravel wetlands
   14. Iron enhanced sand filter (Minnesota Filter)
   15. Stormwater ponds
   16. Stormwater wetlands
   17. Hydrodynamic devices
   18. Filtration devices
   19. Chemical treatment
3. Unified sizing criteria

Minimal Impact Design Standards (MIDS)

1. Performance goals for new development, re-development and linear projects
2. Flexible treatment options
3. Ordinance goals
4. MIDS calculator

Stormwater modeling, models and calculators, and calculating credits

1. Introduction to stormwater modeling
2. Available stormwater models and selecting a model
3. Overview of stormwater credits
4. Detailed information on specific models
5. Calculating stormwater volume and pollutant reductions and credits
6. What is the pre-development condition

Regulatory

1. Regulatory information
2. Additional regulatory information

Minnesota specific issues and information

1. Cold climate impact on runoff management
2. Stormwater infiltration and constraints on infiltration
3. Mosquito control and stormwater management
4. Managing stormwater sediments
5. Minnesota plant lists
6. Special waters and other sensitive receiving waters

Fact sheets

1. BMP fact sheet
2. Other fact sheets

Checklists and cost sheets

1. Construction checklists
2. Operation and maintenance checklists
3. Cost estimate worksheets

Computer-aided design and drafting (CAD/CADD) drawings

1. CADD images as .png files for individual best management practices
2. Links to .dwg files

References, links and issue papers

1. References
2. Links
3. Issue papers
4. Stormwater manuals

Other stormwater information

Acronyms, symbols and glossary

1. Acronyms
2. Symbols
3. Glossary

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