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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
  1. Stormwater BMPs
  2. Pretreatment BMPs

Links for pretreatment

Other state manuals

  • Level spreader - vegetative filter strip system: North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
  • Proprietary systems: North Carolina department of Environmental Quality
  • Manufactured treatment devices: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
  • Vegetated filter strips: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
  • Level spreaders: Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Technology transfer and testing

  • The Technology Acceptance Reciprocity Partnership (TARP)
  • Technology Assessment Protocol - Ecology (TAPE)

Research studies

  • Investigation on the effectiveness of pretreatment in stormwater management technologies

Pretreatment BMPs

  • Overview and methods of pretreatment
  • Pretreatment screens
  • Pretreatment settling devices
  • Pretreatment vegetated filter strips
  • LINK: Design guidance
  • Case studies
  • External resources
  • References
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