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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. Design Guidance for Stormwater BMPs

Links to .dwg files

Constructed Wetland

  • ConstructedWetland_plan_and_profile_2025-06-27.dwg

Native Plantings

  • NativePlantingsTemplate_2025-06-30.dwg

Biofiltration Planter

  • BiofiltrationPlanter_2025-06-30.dwg

Permeable Pavement

  • PermeablePavement_2025-06-27.dwg

Raingarden

  • Raingarden_2025-06-30.dwg

Wet ponds

  • File:Typical pond plan and profile.dwg

Bioretention and infiltration

  • Bioretention details: File:130724 BioR-Details.dwg
  • File:Bioretention infiltration recharge facility.dwg
  • File:Infiltration basin plan and profile.dwg

Filtration systems

  • File:Surface sand filter details.dwg
  • File:Perimeter sand filter details.dwg
  • File:Underground sand filter details.dwg

Swales

  • File:MIDS Dry Swale Sections.dwg
  • File:Wet and dry swales.dwg
  • File:MIDS Dry Swale Sections.dwg
  • File:MIDS WET Swale Sections.dwg
  • File:Stormwater-Step-Pool.dwg
  • File:VARIOUS CHECK DAMS.dwg
  • File:Wet and dry swales.dwg

Use the link below to access printable PDFs of these and other details:

  • CADD images for individual best management practices

Design Guidance for Stormwater BMPs

  • Unified sizing criteria
  • Design guidance for pretreatment practices
  • Design criteria for structural stormwater BMPs
  • Construction specifications for Stormwater BMPs
  • Special considerations and site constraints
  • Design details (pdf) for BMPs
  • Design details (.dwg) for BMPs
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