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**[[Methods for calculating pollutant reductions (credits) for street sweeping]]
 
**[[Methods for calculating pollutant reductions (credits) for street sweeping]]
 
**[[Calculating pollutant removal credits for street sweeping]] - <span title="This will be the guidance for using the calculator."> '''Coming spring, 2021'''</span>
 
**[[Calculating pollutant removal credits for street sweeping]] - <span title="This will be the guidance for using the calculator."> '''Coming spring, 2021'''</span>
**[[Tool for calculating phosphorus removal from street sweeping]] - <span title="Link to a street sweeping calculator"> '''Coming in spring, 2021'''</span>
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**[[Street Sweeping Phosphorus Credit Calculator]] - <span title="Link to a street sweeping calculator"> '''Coming in spring, 2021'''</span>
***[[Street Sweeping Credit Calculator: Quick User Guide]]
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***[[Street Sweeping Phosphorus Credit Calculator: User Guide]]
 
**[[Methods for sampling street sweeping material - Standard Operating Procedures]]
 
**[[Methods for sampling street sweeping material - Standard Operating Procedures]]
 
*[[Guidance for incorporating street sweeping into the Minimal Impact Design Standards Calculator and MPCA’s Simple Estimator]] - '''Coming in summer, 2021'''
 
*[[Guidance for incorporating street sweeping into the Minimal Impact Design Standards Calculator and MPCA’s Simple Estimator]] - '''Coming in summer, 2021'''

Revision as of 14:08, 5 March 2021

image of street sweeper
Image courtesy Sarah Hobbie, University of Minnesota

Survey of street sweeping practices

The MPCA conducted a survey of cities to determine their street sweeping practices, their interest in a street sweeping credit, and their ability to implement different methods for crediting sweeping. We have not yet fully analyzed the data, but some general conclusions include the following.

  • 75 cities responded to the survey and indicated they operate a sweeping program. This was a response rate of close to 50 percent. The responses were distributed geographically across the state and covered a wide range of city sizes (large to small).
  • About 78 percent indicated they would be likely to participate in a crediting program
  • All but 7 cities can track sweeping information, but 66 percent said they cannot relate material collected to a specific geographic area. This is a question we likely will follow-up with, since being able to relate material to a geographic location is potentially a way of targeting sweeping efforts.
  • Most cities estimate volume or mass of material collected, but few measure volume or mass or have the ability to measure dry weight of material collected
  • Most cities sweep quarterly or less and most do not specifically sweep in response to fall leave drop

The summary information can be found here.

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