2013 DRAFT Virginia Stormwater Management Handbook

Chapter 1 — Introduction

• • • Appendix 1-A — Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

Chapter 2 — Applicable Law and Regulations

• • • Appendix 2-A — Virginia Stormwater Management Act
    • Appendix 2-B — VSMP Permit Regulations
    • Appendix 2-C — General Permit Regulation for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities
    • Appendix 2-D — General VPDES Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems

Chapter 3 — Qualifying Local SWM Programs

• • Appendix 3-A — Potential Elements of a Comprehensive Stormwater Management Program
  • Appendix 3-B — Developing an Effective Local Stormwater Management Program
  • Appendix 3-C — Information Tools for Local Stormwater Management
  • Appendix 3-D — Local Code and Ordinance Review and Evaluation
  • Appendix 3-E — Case Study: Setting up a Local Stormwater Utility, City of Staunton, Virginia
  • Appendix 3-F — Example Site Plan Review Checklists
  • Appendix 3-G — SWM and BMP Construction Inspections

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Chapter 4 — Why Stormwater Matters

Chapter 5 — Managing Stormwater

• • • Appendix 5-A — The Impervious Cover Model: An Emerging Framework for Urban Stormwater Management
    • Appendix 5-B — Watershed-Based Stormwater Planning
    • Appendix 5-C — Special Stormwater Management Considerations for Redevelopment
    • Appendix 5-D — Stormwater Pollution Benchmarking Tool for Existing Industrial, Federal and Municipal Facilities in Virginia

Chapter 6 — Site Planning and Design Considerations

• • • Sections 6.0-6.5
    • Sections 6.6-6-10
    • Appendix 6-A — Site Plan Preparation and Submission as Part of the Land Development Process
    • Appendix 6-B — Stormwater Design Guidelines for Karst Terrain in Virginia
    • Appendix 6-C — Stormwater Design in the Coastal Plain of Virginia
    • Appendix 6-D — The Sustainable Sites Initiative

Chapter 7 — BMP Upgrades and Retrofits

• • Appendix 7-A — Retrofit Case Study: Charlottesville, Virginia
  • Appendix 7-B — CWP Retrofit Reconnaissance Investigation Checklist
  • Appendix 7-C — Derivation of the Retrofit Pollution Removal Adjustor Curves

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Chapter 8 — BMP Overview and Selection Criteria

• • • Appendix 8-A — Example BMP Design Checklists

Chapter 9 — BMP Inspection and Maintenance

• • • Appendix 9-A — Results of a Field Survey of BMPs
    • Appendix 9-B — Example BMP Maintenance Agreements
    • Appendix 9-C — Example BMP Inspection — Maintenance Checklists
    • Appendix 9-D — From the Drafting Board to the Field — Designing BMPs to Facilitate and Simplify Maintenance
    • Appendix 9-E — Example of a Method to Estimate Sediment Accumulation

Chapter 10 — Uniform Stormwater BMP Sizing Criteria

• • • Appendix 10-A — Optional Recharge Volume Approach
    • Appendix 10-B — Better Protection from Stream Channel Erosion

Chapter 11 — Hydrologic Methods and Computations

• • • Appendix 11-A — Hydrologic Soil Groups of Virginia Soils
    • Appendix 11-B — 24-Hour Rainfall Depth Data for Virginia
    • Appendix 11-C — Rainfall-Runoff Tables for Selected Runoff Curve Numbers
    • Appendix 11-D — Stormwater Computer Models
    • Appendix 11-E — Filter and Drainage Diaphragm Design

Chapter 12 — Virginia Runoff Reduction Method Compliance Spreadsheet User’s Guide & Documentation

Chapter 13 — Example Site Plans

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