Resources for Cold Climates

Stormwater BMP Design Supplement for Cold Climates
Authors: D. Caraco, R. Claytor Released: 1997

Some of the challenges of cold climates, such as freezing temperatures and high runoff during snowmelt events, influence the effectiveness of traditional stormwater designs. This document describes modifications to traditional stormwater designs to make them more effective in these environments.

Minnesota Stormwater Management Design Manual
Authors: Emmons & Olivier Resources, Center for Watershed Protection Released: 2006

The Center worked with Minnesota-based Emmons & Olivier Resources, a large committee of state regulators, and other stakeholders to craft the Minnesota Stormwater Manual, the most comprehensive one in the Upper Midwest to date. This manual provides an updated discussion of cold climate issues as they influence design of stormwater practices, like the challenge of high snowfall, springtime snowmelt, and Minnesota’s thousands of sensitive lakes, trout streams, and wetlands that merit special protection. The related issue papers, also from this site, introduced new stormwater concepts to the state, such as unified sizing criteria, special receiving water performance standards, and stormwater credits.

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Snow, Road Salt, and the Chesapeake Bay

This article examines what happens to the salts and other chemicals applied to the roads and what is known about their impact on the environment.

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