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MPCA Simple Estimator runoff coefficient and pollutant event mean concentration (EMC) values

MPCA Simple Estimator Version 3 runoff coefficient and pollutant event mean concentration (EMC) values1.
Land use Runoff coefficient (Rv) TP EMC2 (mg/L) TSS EMC (mg/L)
Residential 0.27 0.325 73
Commercial 0.71 0.20 75
Industrial 0.68 0.24 93
Institutional 0.30 0.25 80
Multi-use 0.5 0.29 76
Municipal 0.5 0.29 76
Open space 0.08 0.19 21
Transportation 0.8 0.28 87
1For additional information, see Event mean concentrations of total and dissolved phosphorus in stormwater runoff, Event mean concentrations of total suspended solids in stormwater runoff, Stormwater runoff coefficients/curve numbers for different land uses.
2Event mean concentration.