Low Impact Development (LID)
EPA Water Quality Scorecard
Sustainable Neighborhood Road Design: A guidebook for Massachusetts cities and towns, 2010
EPA New England Low Impact Development Webpage
Technical Support Document – Assessing Street and Parking Design Standards to Reduce Excess Impervious Cover in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, April 2011 (Adobe PDF, 0.4MB)
Technical Support Document – Stormwater Retrofit Techniques for Restoring Urban Drainages in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, April 2011 (Adobe PDF, 0.8MB)
MAPC Low Impact Development Toolkit
Green Streets/Green Highways
Green Infrastructure Case Studies: Municipal Policies for Managing Stormwater with Green Infrastructure (Adobe PDF, 8.2MB)
Stormwater Management Manual - Portland Oregon
Stormwater Ordinances/Bylaws
Better Site Design: A handbook for changing development rules in your community
MAPC Stormwater Bylaws Toolkit
Parking Spaces/Community Places: Finding the balance with smart growth solutions (Adobe PDF, 3.4MB)
2011 Rhode Island LID Site Planning and Design Guidance Document (Adobe PDF, 14.8MB)
Codes and Ordinance Worksheet from the Center for Watershed Protection (www.cwp.org) (Adobe PDF, 0.3MB)
Stormwater BMP Maintenance
Massachusetts Stormwater Regulations
Association of Massachusetts Wetland Scientists Newsletter January 2008: Changes to the Massachusetts Stormwater Standards (Adobe PDF, 0.4MB)
Massachusetts DEP Stormwater Management Regulation 2008 Changes. Bethany Eisenberg. (Adobe PDF, 0.1MB)
Massachusetts North Coastal
Massachusetts Intercoastal, Merrimac, and South Coastal
Massachusetts Stormwater Management Standards Manual
Pollutant Loading
Chesapeake Stormwater Network. 2009. CSN Technical Bulletin No. 4: Technical Support for the Bay-wide Runoff Reduction Method Version 2.0.
EPA, 2010. Stormwater BMP Performance Analysis (Adobe PDF, 3.0MB)
Sutherland. 2000. Methods for Estimating Effective Impervious Cover. Article 32 in The Practice of Watershed Protection, Center for Watershed Protection, Ellicott City, MD. (Adobe PDF, 0.5MB)
Technical Support Document – Regulating the use of Stormwater Infiltration Practices to Protect Public Drinking Water Supplies in Massachusetts, April 2011
MassDEP UIC Program website
Technical Support Document – Estimating Change in Impervious Area (IA) and Directly Connected Impervious Areas (DCIA) for Massachusetts Small MS4 Permit, April 2011 (Adobe PDF, 0.6MB)
Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (IDDE)
Center for Watershed Protection and Robert Pitt, 2004. Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination: A Guidance Manual for Program Development and Technical Assessments
New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, 2003. Illicit Discharge Detection And Elimination Manual: A Handbook for Municipalities
Jewell, C. 2001. A Systematic Methodology for Identification and Remediation of Illegal Connections. Presented at the Water Environment Federation Specialty Conference 2001 A Collection Systems Odyssey:
Combining Wet Weather and O&M Solutions. (Adobe PDF, 0.3MB)
Technical Support Document – Proposed Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (IDDE) Program Requirements for Communities in Massachusetts, April 2011
EPA Stormwater Phase II Final Rule - Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Minimum Control Measure Fact Sheet (Adobe PDF, 0.2MB)
Stormwater Funding
EPA Fact Sheet: Funding Stormwater Programs (Adobe PDF, 3.0MB)
Charles River Watershed Association: Assessment of Stormwater Financing Mechanisms in New England
New England Environmental Finance Center: Stormwater Utility Fees: Considerations and Options: 2005 (Adobe PDF, 0.4MB)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Watershed Academy. Catalog of Federal Funding Sources for Watershed Protection
Education/Outreach
Stormwater Webcasts on Outreach
Nonpoint Source Outreach Digital Toolbox
Getting In Step: A Guide for Conducting Watershed Outreach Campaigns
Getting in Step: A Guide for Conducting Watershed Outreach Campaigns – Webbased training module based on the guide
Getting in Step: Engaging and Involving Stakeholders in Your Watershed (Adobe PDF, 1.2MB)
Stormwater Outreach Materials and Reference Documents
Stormwater Case Studies on Public Education
Mass DEP Nonpoint Source Education Website
EPA Stormwater Outreach Materials and Reference Documents
Choosing the Right Stormwater Treatment Practice
Rhode Island Stormwater Design and Installation Standards Manual (Adobe PDF, 10.9MB)
State of Minnesota Stormwater Manual
A Community Guide to Growing Greener (Adobe PDF, 2.1MB)
