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Contents
- 1 Introduction to the Minnesota Stormwater Manual
- 2 Stormwater concepts and stormwater management
- 3 Stormwater issues
- 4 Stormwater control practices (Best Management Practices)
- 5 Regulatory, permitting
- 6 Models, calculations, methodologies, pollutant removal, credits
- 7 Case studies
- 8 Virtual tours
- 9 Communications and outreach
- 10 Stormwater research and education
- 11 Reference
- 12 Documents
Introduction to the Minnesota Stormwater Manual
Stormwater concepts and stormwater management
- General stormwater information
- 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
- Stormwater and landscape guidance for solar farms and solar projects
Stormwater control practices (Best Management Practices)
By type
- Construction practices
- Pretreatment practices
- Post-construction practices
- Non-structural practices
- Structural practices
- Stormwater and rainwater harvest and use/reuse
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
Case studies
Virtual tours
Communications and outreach
Stormwater research and education
Reference
- Tables
- Plant information
- Images, CAD drawings: Includes links to CAD drawings, photos, schematics, graphs, and other images
- Checklists
- Links to other stormwater manuals
- Miscellaneous information: Contains references, forms, links, issue papers
- Acronyms
- Symbols
- Glossary (definitions)
- BMP terminology
- Conversion units
- References from the original manual. NOTE: Newer reference lists are associated with topics on individual pages in the manual.
Documents
- pdf versions of Manual topics
- Technical support: Contains a variety of technical information used in developing the Manual