Get practical, comprehensive information on watershed restoration techniques with the Center’s Urban Subwatershed Restoration Manual series. Together, the USRM manuals introduce an integrated framework for urban watershed restoration, outline effective techniques for assessing urban watersheds, and provide a comprehensive review of watershed restoration techniques.

Manuals Available to Date Include:

All manuals are available for free download!

• Manual 1: An Integrated Framework to Restore Small Urban Watersheds
• Manual 2: Methods to Develop Restoration Plans for Small Urban Watersheds
• Manual 4: Urban Stream Repair Practices
• Manual 8: Pollution Prevention Practices
• Manual 10: Unified Stream Assessment: A User's Manual
• Manual 11: Unified Subwatershed and Site Reconnaissance: A User's Manual

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Manual 2: Methods to Develop Restoration Plans for Small Urban Watersheds
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Manual 2 contains detailed guidance on how to put together an effective plan to restore urban subwatersheds. The manual outlines a practical, step-by-step approach to develop, adopt and implement a subwatershed plan in your community. Within each step, the manual describes 32 different desktop analysis, field assessment, and stakeholder involvement methods used to make critical restoration management decisions. Published August 2006

Manual 3: Urban Stormwater Retrofit Practices
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Until now, no definitive guidance has been available on the art and science of urban retrofitting. This manual reflects over two decades of Center experience in retrofitting more than 25 urban watersheds across the country.

This manual outlines the basics of retrofits, describes the 13 unique locations where they can be found, and presents rapid methods to find, design and deliver retrofits to meet a wide range of subwatershed objectives. The concepts of retrofitting are illustrated in more than 75 figures, 150 photos, 60 tables and nine appendices. The manual contains:

• updated costs for retrofit practices,
• updated pollutant removal data for stormwater treatment options,
• a design point method to estimate individual retrofit removal rates, and
• practical tips to support the design, permitting and construction of retrofit projects.

In short, the manual provides all the resources needed to develop an effective local retrofit program. Approx. 400 pages. Published August 2007.

Manual 4: Urban Stream Repair Practices
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This stream repair manual concentrates on practices used to enhance the appearance, stability, structure, or function of urban streams. The manual offers guidance on three broad approaches to urban stream repair - stream cleanups, simple repairs, and more sophisticated comprehensive repair applications. The manual emphasizes the powerful and relentless forces at work in urban streams, which must always be carefully evaluated in design. The manual also presents guidance on how to set appropriate restoration goals for your stream, and how to choose the best combination of stream repair practices to meet them. It also outlines methods to assess stream repair potential at the subwatershed level, including basic stream reach analysis, more detailed project investigations, and priority screenings. Finally, the manual offers practical advice to help design, permit, construct and maintain stream repair practices in a series of more than 30 profile sheets.