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Introduction to the Minnesota Stormwater Manual
Stormwater concepts and stormwater management
Stormwater issues
Stormwater control practices (Best Management Practices)
By type
By treatment mechanism
Regulatory, permitting
Models, calculations, methodologies, pollutant removal, credits
Reference
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Minnesota Stormwater Manual
General Information
- Overview of basic stormwater concepts
- Stormwater research and education
- References for general stormwater information
- Minnesota maps
Stormwater treatment concepts
- Integrated stormwater management
- Using the treatment train approach to BMP selection
- Process for selecting Best Management Practices
Best Management Practices
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Information: Many of the topics in this section have multiple articles. To view a single document that combines all articles within a topic, click on the + icon
- Pre-treatment
- Individual Best Management Practices
- Pollution prevention
- Better site design
- Stormwater re-use and rainwater harvesting
- Temporary construction erosion and sediment control
- Alleviating compaction from construction activities
- Green roofs (+)
- Turf
- Permeable pavement (+)
- Trees
- Bioretention (+)
- Rain garden: see Bioretention
- Infiltration basin (+)
- Infiltration trench (+)
- Filtration (+)
- Swales
- Sand filters
- Iron enhanced sand filter (Minnesota Filter) (+)
- Stormwater ponds (+)
- Stormwater wetlands (+)
- Hydrodynamic devices
- Filtration devices
- Chemical treatment
- Unified sizing criteria section (+)
Minimal Impact Design Standards (MIDS)
Link to the MIDS webpage for access to webex presentations, additional technical documents, meeting minutes.
- Overview of Minimal Impact Design Standards (MIDS)
- Performance goals for new development, re-development and linear projects
- Design Sequence Flowchart-Flexible treatment options
- Design sequence flow chart
- Community Assistance Package
- MIDS calculator
- Calculator - link to the MIDS calculator
- User’s Guide
- Links to Manual pages that address the MIDS calculator
- MIDS calculator sample exercises
- Performance curves for MIDS calculator
- Training and workshop materials and modules
- Technical documents
Stormwater modeling, models and calculators
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- Introduction to stormwater modeling
- Available stormwater models and selecting a model
- Detailed information on specific models
- What is the pre-development condition
Stormwater pollutant removal/reduction credits
- View all articles in this section and in the previous section (Stormwater modeling, models and calculators) as a single document.
- Overview of stormwater credits
- Information on pollutant removal by BMPs
- Calculating stormwater volume and pollutant reductions and credits
Regulatory
- Regulatory information
- Additional regulatory information
Minnesota specific issues and information
- Cold climate impact on runoff management
- Stormwater infiltration and constraints on infiltration (View articles as a single document)
- Mosquito control and stormwater management
- Managing stormwater sediments
- Minnesota plant lists
- Special waters and other sensitive receiving waters
- Road salt
- Stormwater management for lake protection and restoration
Computer-aided design and drafting (CAD/CADD) drawings
- CADD images for individual best management practices
- Links to .dwg files
References, forms, links, and issue papers
- References
- Forms (including field inspection forms)
- Links
- Issue papers
- Stormwater manuals
Acronyms, symbols and glossary
- Acronyms
- Symbols
- Glossary (definitions)
- BMP terminology
Construction stormwater
- Construction stormwater permit
Industrial stormwater
- Stormwater program for industrial activity
- Industrial Stormwater 2015 – 2020 Permit benchmark monitoring requirements
- Industrial Stormwater 2015 – 2020 Permit effluent monitoring requirements
Municipal stormwater
- Stormwater Program for Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)
- MS4 General Permit
- MS4 General Permit Application Information
- Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
- MS4 Annual Report
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