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Minnesota Stormwater Manual
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  • Regulatory Information
    • Water Governance in Minnesota
    • Construction Stormwater Program
    • MS4 Program
    • Industrial Stormwater Program
    • Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) guidance for permittees
    • Minimal Impact Design Standards (MIDS)
  • About Stormwater
    • Basic stormwater concepts
    • Stormwater pollutants and sources
    • Stormwater pollutant transport and treatment mechanisms
    • Snowmelt and winter runoff
  • Stormwater Management
    • Stormwater management concepts and concerns
    • Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs)
    • Comprehensive approaches to stormwater management
    • Design and maintenance for winter runoff management
  • Hydrology, Soils, and Vegetation
    • Soil health, assessment, and management
    • Guidance on vegetation for stormwater management
    • Stormwater models & modeling guidance
    • Precipitation and climate
  • Design, Assessment, Maintenance
    • Design Guidance for Stormwater BMPs
    • Assessing the performance of stormwater BMPs
    • Credits for stormwater volume and pollutant reductions
    • Stormwater monitoring objectives and methods
    • Operation and maintenance of stormwater BMPs
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Links for construction stormwater

Links to additional information

  • Stormwater discharges from construction activities (U.S. EPA)
  • International Stormwater Best Management Practices database
  • Erosion Control Handbook for Local Roads (2003)
  • Erosion, sediment and runoff control for roads and highways (U.S. EPA)
  • Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies (Penn State University)
  • Wildlife-friendly erosion control (Minnesota DNR)
  • Minnesota Department of Transportation Erosion control and stormwater management page
  • MnDOT's Erosion Control Handbook
  • Metropolitan Council Urban Small Sites Best Management Practice Manual (scroll to bottom of Met Council page to access this document)
  • Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources Erosion Control and Water Management Program
  • University of Minnesota Erosion and Stormwater Management Certification Program
  • State of Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook
  • Clean Water Services Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control
  • State of Tennessee Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook
  • State of North Carolina Erosion and Sedimentation program
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