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    • Construction Stormwater Program
    • MS4 Program
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    • 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 models and modeling guidance
  2. MPCA stormwater modeling tools

Minnesota Pollution Control (MPCA) Simple Estimator

This page contains links to pages that provide information on the MPCA Simple Estimator

Pages specifically addressing the Estimator

  • Recommendations and guidance for utilizing the MPCA Simple Estimator to meet TMDL permit requirements
  • Guidance and examples for using the MPCA Estimator
  • Case study for using the MPCA Simple Estimator to meet TMDL permit requirements
  • MPCA review of submittals using the MPCA Simple Estimator
  • Default TSS and TP loads for different land use scenarios using the MPCA Simple Estimator
  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for the MPCA Simple Estimator

Related pages

  • Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
  • Event mean concentrations of total and dissolved phosphorus in stormwater runoff
  • Event mean concentrations of total suspended solids in stormwater runoff
  • Runoff coefficients for different soil groups and slopes

MPCA stormwater modeling tools

  • The MIDS Calculator
  • MPCA Simple Estimator
    • Frequently Asked Questions for the Simple Estimator
    • Default TSS and TP loads
    • Model Guide for Version 3 of the MPCA Simple Estimator
  • LINK: Solar panel calculator
  • Street Sweeping Phosphorus Credit Calculator
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