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New York State Stormwater Management Design Manual

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New York State
Stormwater Management Design Manual

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The New York State Stormwater Management Design Manual provides designers with a general overview on how to size, design, select, and locate stormwater management practices at a development site to comply with State stormwater performance standards. This manual is a key component of the Phase II State Pollution Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) general permit for stormwater runoff from construction activities from all sizes of disturbance.

This manual has been prepared by the Center for Watershed Protection for New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and made available to the Empire State Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society for distribution.

The New York State Stormwater Management Design Manual is available for down load and order of paper copy or CD at this site. This document may be purchased at $25.00 per paper copy and $5.00 per CD by sending an order form to the Empire State Chapter Soil and Water Conservation Society.

The following table lists individual chapters of the Manual, a compiled version of the document in compressed format and the latest updates to the Manual for download in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). A required reader is available at no cost from Adobe. Download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software and see information about PDF files on DEC's website

Individual chapters and Appendices are made available for separate downloads. A compiled version provides a complete set for printing the entire document. This download is recommended for those with fast internet connection. The updates include the latest changes to the manual. If you have questions, please contact Shohreh Karimipour by e-mail at: sxkarimi@gw.dec.state.ny.us

Download by Chapter
Name Size Description
Cover 143KB Cover Page
Table of Contents 99KB Table of Contents
Acknowledgments, Forward, Preface 85KB Acknowledgments, Forward, Preface
Chapter 1 133KB Introduction
Chapter 2 495KB Impacts of New Development
Chapter 3 213KB Stormwater Permit Requirements
Chapter 4 636KB Unified Stormwater Sizing Criteria
Chapter 5 940KB List of Acceptable Stormwater Management Practices
Chapter 6 1,820KB Performance Criteria
Chapter 7 188KB SMP Selection Matrices
Chapter 8 2,924KB Stormwater Pond Design Example
References 109KB References
GLOSSARY 99KB Glossary
Appendix A 168KB The Simple Method
Appendix B 164KB Hydrologic Analysis Tools
Appendix C 169KB SMP Construction Specifications
Appendix D 116KB Infiltration Testing Requirements
Appendix E 82KB Plan Review Checklist
Appendix F 143KB Construction Inspection Checklist
Appendix G 126KB Maintenance Inspection Checklists
Appendix H 242KB Landscaping Guidance/ Plant Lists
Appendix I 210KB Cold Climate Sizing Example
Appendix J 242KB Geomorphic Assessment
Appendix K 1,493KB Miscellaneous Details
Appendix L 101KB Critical Erosive Velocities
Section Dividers 60KB Section Dividers
Download Compiled / Compressed
Compiled 11,140KB A complete set of all chapters and appendices organized in a print ready order.
Download Updates
Updates 356KB for September 2001 draft.
2001 Updates 357KB Updates for 2001 release.

Other Guidance Documents:

Order Forms:
New York State Guidelines for Urban Erosion and Sediment Control
New York Contractors Erosion and Sediment Control Field Notebook

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