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Storm Water Design Criteria

Current Documents

• Water Quality Protection Policy Resolution #8648
• Application for Payment in Lieu of Constructing Storm Water Detention
• Plan Review Checklist for Storm Water

Visit the Engineering Division for the most recent versions of the following documents:

• General Conditions and Technical Specifications for Public Improvements
• Design Standards for Public Improvements
• Standard Drawing Details for Public Improvements

Draft Storm Water Design Criteria Manual

The City of Springfield is currently in the process of revising its storm water design criteria. The City has contracted Wright Water Engineers and Intuition & Logic to complete the new storm water design criteria manual.

Draft Chapters:

• Storm Water Services Division Mission Statement (75k)
• Table of Contents (119k) DRAFT, Updated 4/30/07
• Chapter 1 - Storm Water Drainage Principles (128k) FINAL DRAFT, Updated 2/27/07
• Chapter 2 - Authority and Law (147k) FINAL DRAFT, Updated 4/30/07
• Chapter 3 - Storm Water Planning (189k) FINAL DRAFT, Updated 3/8/07
• Chapter 5 - Calculation of Runoff (743k) FINAL DRAFT, Updated 4/30/07
• Chapter 6 - Streets, Inlets and Storm Drains (1.9mb) FINAL DRAFT, Updated 2/27/07
• Chapter 7 - Culverts and Bridges (5.15mb) DRAFT, Updated 1/31/06
• Chapter 8 - Open Channels (7.24mb) FINAL DRAFT, Updated 4/30/07
• Chapter 9 - Detention For Flood Control (327k) FINAL DRAFT, Updated 4/30/07
• Chapter 10 - Water Quality (2.35mb) DRAFT, Updated 4/30/07
• Chapter 11 - Sinkholes and Karst Features (128k) DRAFT, Updated 5/7/07
• Chapter 12 - Easements and Maintenance (132k) FINAL DRAFT, Updated 3/8/07

Appendix A - Custom Spreadsheet Calculators:

• Open Channel Design (597k Excel) Updated 12/12/07
• Sewer and Culvert Hydraulics (492k Excel) Updated 12/12/07
• Detention Volume Estimating Workbook (2.75mb Excel) Updated 12/12/07
• Urban Storm Drainage BMP Design-Aid Workbook (903k Excel) Updated 12/12/07
• Peak Runoff Prediction By The Rational Method (167k Excel) Updated 12/12/07
• Pre and Post Development Sinkhole Flood Elevation Calculations (240k Excel) Updated 12/12/07

Chapters Being Developed:

• Chapter 4 - Plan Submittal Requirements

2007 Training Sessions Powerpoint Presentations:

• 9/6/07 - Springfield Drainage Criteria Manual -Todd Wagner (City of Springfield) (8.6 mb)
• 9/6/07 - Stormwater Planning for Watersheds and Developments -Tim Smith (Greene County) (32.1 mb)
• 9/13/07 - Clean Water Act of 1972 - Mark Matthews (EPA) (1.4 mb)
• 9/13/07 - Springfield Stormwater Design Training - Kevin Hess (DNR) (1.3 mb)
• 9/13/07 - Stormwater Law for Design Professionals - Marianne Banks (City of Springfield) (73k)
• 9/13/07 - Floodplain Regulations - Kevin Barnes (Greene County) (8.4 mb)
• 9/20/07 - Calculation of Runoff - Joseph Wilson (AM-Hydro Division) (2 mb)
• 9/20/07 - James River Overview -Tiffany Frey (JRBP) (1.7 mb)
• 9/27/07 - Streets, Inlets, and Storm Drains - Joseph Wilson (AM-Hydro Division) (640k)
• 10/4/07 - Culverts-Charlie Patterson (Am-Hydro Division) (9 mb)
• 10/11/07 - Detention - Joseph Wilson (AM-Hydro Division) (420k)
• 10/18/07 - Natural Channel Management - Munsell McPhillips (Intuition and Logic) (12.5 mb)
• 10/18/07 - In-Channel Construction Requirements - Mark Meyer (Intuition and Logic) (13.6 mb)
• 10/18/07 - Engineered Channel Design Criteria - Ian Paton (Wright Water Engineers) (1.8 mb)
• 10/18/07 - Open Channels - Ian Paton (Wright Water Engineers) (2.6 mb)
• 10/25/07 - A Water History of Springfield - Loring Bullard (Watershed Committee of the Ozarks) (17.5 mb)
• 10/25/07 - Water Quality (Part One) - Derek Rapp (Wright Water Engineers) (7.6 mb)
• 10/25/07 - Water Quality (Part Two) - Derek Rapp (Wright Water Engineers)
• 10/25/07 - Water Quality (Part Three) - Derek Rapp (Wright Water Engineers) (9.3 mb)
• 10/25/07 - Water Quality (Part Four) - Derek Rapp (Wright Water Engineers) (1.8 mb)
• 11/1/07 - Sinkholes - Todd Wagner (City of Springfield) (6.3 mb)
• 11/1/07 - Sinkholes - Errin Kemper (City of Springfield) (17.5 mb)
• 11/8/07 - Erosion Control - Kristen Pattinson (DNR) (2.9 mb)
• 11/8/07 - Erosion and Sediment Control BMPs -Tim Davis (Greene County) (9.6 mb)
• 11/8/07 - SWPPP Design and Documentation - Aaron Nickolotsky (City of Springfield) (2 mb)
• 11/8/07 - Vegetative Cover - Adam Coulter (NRCS) (2.6 mb)
• 11/8/07 - Construction Site Erosion and Sediment Control - Todd Wagner (City of Springfield) (2.2 mb)