Guidance Documents
There are many types of guidance available pertaining to stormwater permit compliance, sampling, inspections, best management practices, public education programs, etc. The following guidance documents have been collected by INCOG over the past five years, and they are presented below in topic categories. Those documents that were obtained as editable Word documents are included in the original form, however, most documents were obtained as .pdf format.
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If you do not see the document on this website that you desire, contact INCOG – we may already have the document, or we can help you find what you are looking for. Also, a standard internet browser search will usually locate your documents.
Center For Watershed Protection (CWP) Documents:
Manual 1: An Integrated Framework to Restore Small Urban Watersheds, March 2004
Manual 2: Methods to Develop Restoration Plans for Small Urban Watersheds, August 2005
Manual 3: Urban Stormwater Retrofit Practices, August 2007
Manual 3: Retrofit Appendices, August 2007
Guidance Manual: Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination, October 2004
Paper: National Pollutant Removal Database, September 2007
Manual 10: Unified Stream Assessment: A User’s Manual, March 2004
Manual 10: Appendix A: Stream Assessment Forms
Manual 11: Unified Subwatershed and Site Reconnaissance: A User’s Manual, March 2004
INCOG received permission from the Center for Watershed Protection (CWP) to post the guidance documents that they currently (as of Fall 2007) offer free of charge for downloads. CWP advises that they will be making additional documents available for free download in the near future. The following additional documents are available for download at this time for a fee at the CWP document website – INCOG will add additional free documents to this website as CWP makes them available for free download on their website:
Manual 4: Urban Stream Repair Practices, November 2004
Manual 8: Pollution Source Control Practices, July 2004
EPA Guidance Documents:
The following documents are from EPA as guidance for development and implementation of municipal stormwater programs. Two of the documents were created by INCOG in 2002 by copy-paste of EPA website materials. Some of the links in the two INCOG documents are no longer active, but you can visit the main EPA website cited at the beginning of each document to refresh on the material.
- National Management Measures to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Urban Areas, Nov 05
- Stormwater Phase II Compliance Assistance Guide, Mar 00
- Using Smart Growth Techniques as Stormwater Best Management Practices, 2006
- Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters, Draft, Oct 05
- Urban Stormwater BMP Performance Monitoring, Apr 02
- Measurable Goals Guidance for Phase II Small MS4s, INCOG 2002
- Measurable Goals Guidance for Phase II Small MS4s, Appendix, INCOG 2002
- National Management Measures to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Urban Areas, Nov 05
Additional Guidance Documents & Resources:
- DOD, Unified Facilities Criteria: Low Impact Development Design Manual, Oct 04
- INCOG, Phase II Program Cost Estimator Spreadsheet, 2007
- INCOG, Quality Assurance for Municipal Stormwater Programs, Jul 06
- NALMS, Fundamentals of Urban Runoff Management, 2nd Edition, 2007
- NCTCOG, Dry Weather Field Screening Dallas / Ft Worth Regional Protocol, Draft Jul 05
- CEPA, Stormwater BMP & QA Plan Development Protocol, Nov 00
Rev. October 10, 2007