Stormwater Management Design Manual.pdf

Center for Watershed Protection, Ellicott City, MD.
- Updates: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC), Albany, NY.
- Key contributors: LaBella Associates, NYS DEC, and NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) personnel.

- Purpose & Scope:
- Protect New York's waters from urban stormwater runoff impacts.
- Provide design standards for effective stormwater management, including runoff reduction, standard stormwater management practices (SMPs), and maintenance programs.
- Enhance the quality and performance of runoff reduction techniques and SMPs.

- Manual Organization & Chapters:
- Introduction (Chapter 1)
- Impacts of new development (Chapter 2)
- Stormwater management planning (Chapter 3)
- Unified stormwater sizing criteria (Chapter 4)
- Runoff reduction techniques (Chapter 5)
- Appendices: landscaping, SMP construction specifications, design examples, and other tools.

- Manual Users:
- Engineers and professionals designing stormwater treatment facilities for new developments.
- Reviewing authorities assessing Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs).

- Technical Standards:
- Proven technology serving as design criteria for SMP plans and specifications.
- "Shall" and "must" indicate standardized or safety-critical requirements.
- "Should," "recommend," and "preferred" indicate desirable procedures.