Drainage and Erosion Control

Select Publications

Drainage 101 County Roadways, City Streets and Drainage Ways: Best Practices and Resources Guide (LRRB, 2023)

Minnesota Guide for Stream Connectivity and Aquatic Organism Passage through Culverts 
(MnDOT, 2019)

Design Considerations for Embankment Protection During Road Overtopping Events 
(MnDOT, 2017)

Slope Stabilization Guide for Minnesota Local Government Engineers (PDF) (LRRB, 2017)
A new user guide provides simple, cost-effective methods for stabilizing locally maintained slopes along roadways in Minnesota. Eight slope stabilization techniques are presented that local government engineers can undertake using locally available materials and equipment.

Field Guide for Maintaining Rural Roadside Ditches 
(Fortin Consulting, Inc., University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program, and the Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth, 2014)
This guide offers practical advice and illustrations to hands-on maintenance workers, ditch maintenance contractors and local (township) road supervisors who maintain ditches.

Stormwater Treatment: Assessment and Maintenance Manual 
(University of Minnesota and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency)
An online manual to help users assess the performance of and schedule maintenance for stormwater treatment practices. It is intended as a supplement to the Minnesota Stormwater Manual, which provides guidance for the design and installation of stormwater treatment practices.

Culvert Type Evaluation (LRRB, 2023)
This synthesis intends to provide Minnesota cities and counties information so that an agency can make their own decision on which culvert type is best for their context.

Enhanced Culvert Inspections Best Practices Guidebook 
(MnDOT 2017, PDF)

Culvert Repair Best Practices, Specifications and Special Provisions – Best Practices Guidelines (MnDOT 2014, PDF)

Tools

• Geosynthetics Installation Notes Tracker Mobile App 
  (FHWA and Geosynthetics Materials Association)