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USDCM: Volume 3
Stormwater Quality

Full Volume 3 | Nov 2010 with some sections updated Oct 2019
For a list of revisions see our updates page | Oct 2019

Individual Chapters/Fact Sheets:

Chapter 1 Stormwater Management

Chapter 1 Stormwater Management (Nov 2015)

  • 1.0 – Introduction
  • 2.0 – Urban Stormwater Characteristics
  • 3.0 – Stormwater Management Requirements under the Clean Water Act
  • 4.0 – Four Step Process to Minimize Adverse Impacts of Urbanization
  • 5.0 – Onsite, Sub-regional and Regional Stormwater Management
  • 6.0 – Conclusion
 
Chapter 2 BMP Selection

Chapter 2 BMP Selection (Aug 2011)

  • 1.0 – BMP Selection
  • 2.0 – BMP Selection Tool
  • 3.0 – Life Cycle Cost and BMP Performance Tool
  • 4.0 – Conclusion
 
Chapter 3 Calculating the WQCV and Volume Reduction
Chapter 3 Calculating the WQCV and Volume Reduction (Oct 2019)

  • 1.0 – Introduction
  • 2.0 – Hydrologic Basis of the WQCV
  • 3.0 – Calculation of the WQCV
  • 4.0 – Quantifying Volume Reduction
  • 5.0 – Examples
  • 6.0 – Conclusion
 
Chapter 4 - Treatment BMPs

Chapter 4 Treatment BMPs (including Fact Sheets) (Apr 2018)

  • 1.0 – Overview
  • 2.0 – Treatment BMP Fact Sheets
  • 3.0 – References

Treatment BMP Fact Sheets

 
Chapter 5 Source Control BMPs

Chapter 5 Source Control BMPs (Nov 2010)

  • 1.0 – Introduction
  • 2.0 – Structural Source Controls
  • 3.0 – Procedural Source Control
  • 4.0 – Combining Source Control BMPs to Target Pollutants of Concern
  • 5.0 – References

Source Control BMP Fact Sheets

 
Chapter 6 BMP Maintenance

Chapter 6 BMP Maintenance (Nov 2010)

  • 1.0 – Introduction
  • 2.0 – Defining Maintenance Responsibility for Public and Private Facilities
  • 3.0 – Developing a Maintenance Plan
  • 4.0 – Grass Buffers and swales
  • 5.0 – Bioretention (Rain Garden or Porous Landscape Detention)
  • 6.0 – Green Roofs
  • 7.0 – Extended Detention Basins (EDBs)
  • 8.0 – Sand Filters
  • 9.0 – Retention Ponds and Constructed Wetland Ponds
  • 10.0 – Constructed Wetland Channels
  • 11.0 – Permeable Pavement Systems
  • 12.0 – Underground BMPs
  • 13.0 – References
 
Chapter 7 - Construction BMPs

Chapter 7 Construction BMPs (including Fact Sheets) (Nov 2010)

  • 1.0 – Introduction
  • 2.0 – Fundamental Erosion and Sediment Control Principles
  • 3.0 – Construction Phase Stormwater Permits
  • 4.0 – Overview of Construction BMPs
  • 5.0 – BMP Selection and Planning
  • 6.0 – Construction Dewatering
  • 7.0 – Construction in Waterways
  • 8.0 – Considerations for Linear Construction Projects (Utilities and Roads)
  • 9.0 – References

Construction BMP Fact Sheets Erosion Control

Materials Management

Sediment Control

Site Management and Other Specific Practices

 
Volume 3 AutoCAD Drawings: (Note: Construction BMP details are not available in AutoCAD)
 
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