Stormwater Manual Table of Contents

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Introduction to the Minnesota Stormwater Manual

• About the Minnesota Stormwater Manual
• Help
• Disclaimers

Stormwater concepts and stormwater management

• General Information: Overview, research, maps, references
• Stormwater treatment concepts: Treatment train, BMP selection
• Alleviating compaction from construction activities
• Liners for stormwater management

Stormwater issues

• Stormwater pollutants
• Stormwater infiltration
• Protection and restoration of receiving waters
• Minnesota specific issues: cold climate, mosquito control, road salt management, pond sediment management, and more
• Information for determining stormwater management impacts for solar projects

Stormwater control practices (Best Management Practices)

By type

• Construction practices
• Pre-treatment practices
• Post-construction practices
• Non-structural practices
• Structural practices

By treatment mechanism

• Pretreatment practices
• Filtration practices
• Infiltration practices
• Sedimentation practices
• Chemical practices

Regulatory, permitting

• Construction stormwater: Permit, documents, fact sheets
• Municipal stormwater: Permit, documents, fact sheets
• Industrial stormwater: Permit, documents, fact sheets
• Regulatory information
• Additional regulatory information

Models, calculations, methodologies, pollutant removal, credits

• Minimal Impact Design Standards
• Stormwater models, calculators and modeling
• Stormwater pollutant removal, stormwater credits
• Unified sizing criteria

Reference

• Tables
• Plant information
• Images, CAD drawings: Includes links to CAD drawings, photos, schematics, graphs, and other images
• Checklists
• Miscellaneous information: Contains references, forms, links, issue papers
• Acronyms
• Symbols
• Glossary (definitions)
• BMP terminology
• Conversion units

Documents

• pdf versions of Manual topics
• Technical support: Contains a variety of technical information used in developing the Manual