Select Publications
Minnesota Stormwater Manual (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency)
This online manual is provided in a wiki format.
Infiltration Basins: Standards and Procedures to Ensure Performance (MnDOT, 2018)
This Transportation Research Synthesis presents the relevant practices of other state agencies for the planning, design and construction of infiltration basins along with guidance from national, nongovernmental and international organizations.
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.
Resource for Implementing a Street Sweeping Best Practice (Minnesota Department of Transportation, 2008)
This resource was developed to assist agencies in implementing a street sweeping best practice. The Technical Advisory Panel decided these best practices are most useful for application in the State of Minnesota. These information sheets are designed to provide technical staff, policy and decision makers with guidance on a number of topics.
Plants for Stormwater Design: Species Selection for the Upper Midwest (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 2003)
This online publication provides plant considerations and species for stormwater management practices, including a hydrograph showing the typical depth and duration of inundation that species can tolerate.
Video
- U of M Professor John Gulliver on Runoff and Water Quality in Minnesota (MinnesotaGO, 0:40)
Select Websites
- Minnesota Local Road Research Board
(Please go to the LRRB website and use the search tool to find resources about this topic.) - MnDOT Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4)
- MnDOT Erosion Control & Stormwater Management
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Stormwater Program
- St. Anthony Falls Laboratory Stormwater Research
- Water Resources Center, University of Minnesota
- FHWA Stormwater Management
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Stormwater
- International Stormwater Best Management Practices Database
These pre-constructed searches can help you find current resources on this topic.
More Information
The Minnesota LTAP librarian can help you find and obtain LTAP and CTS publications and research, as well as transportation-related materials from other libraries and databases. Please email ctslib@umn.edu.