Storm Water Links

The links below connect to further information about storm water management in Wisconsin and beyond. These links are provided as informational resources and do not constitute DNR endorsement or approval of an organization, product, or service. All links open in a new window and exit DNR (except for those identified as DNR).

1. Wisconsin DNR
2. Other State Agencies
3. National Agencies
4. EPA Partnership Programs
5. Private Sector Storm Water Management
6. Private Sector Associations
7. Conservation Design Resources
8. Other

For more information about storm water management, contact a member of the DNR Storm Water Program Staff.

A. Wisconsin DNR

1. Permit Primer for Storm Water Discharge Permits
2. Business Sector Specialists
3. Auto and Scrap Recycling
4. Auto Services
5. Scrap Recycling/Auto Salvage Cooperative Compliance Program
6. Other WPDES Permits (industrial wastewater, land spreading, etc.)
7. FACT System Facility Search (permit details for individual facilities)
8. Bureau of Community Financial Assistance
9. Waterway and Wetlands Permit Program
10. Rare/Threatened Species

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B. Other State Agencies

1. U.W. Extension Water Resource Programs
2. WI Department of Transportation
3. WisDOT Erosion Control Product Acceptability Lists (PAL)
4. WI Department of Commerce
5. WI Administrative Code Register
6. Maryland Department of the Environment Storm Water Program
7. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
8. Indiana Department of Environmental Management
9. Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality
10. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
11. Plants for Stormwater Design
12. Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
13. Minnesota Stormwater Manual - The complete manual can be viewed online. The most comprehensive in the Upper Midwest to date, this stormwater manual provides an updated discussion of cold climate issues as they influence design of stormwater practices, like the challenge of springtime snowmelt.

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C. National Agencies

1. EPA - Storm Water FAQs
2. EPA - Storm Water Best Management Practices
3. EPA - Beach Water Quality Data
4. USGS - Water Resources in Wisconsin
5. EPA - Spill Prevention Control & Containment Information
6. U.S. Census Bureau
7. USDA NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service
8. Wisconsin NRCS
9. USDA eFOTG - Field Office Technical Guide
10. USDA NRCS - SITCOM State Interagency Training Committee Catalog of training events

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D. EPA Partnership Programs

1. BMP - International Stormwater Best Management Practice Database (private sector initiative sponsored by EPA)

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E. Private Sector Storm Water Management

1. SMRC - Storm Water Manager's Resource Center
2. Sustainable Communities - The Conservation Fund
3. Center for Watershed Protection
4. Stormwater - Journal for Surface Water Quality Professionals

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F. Private Sector Associations

1. Chicago Wilderness
2. American Public Works Association
3. ASCE - Technical Activities
4. Great Lakes Environment
5. Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies
6. ELPC - Environmental Law and Policy Center
7. National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies
8. North American Stormwater And Erosion Control Association (NASECA) for Wisconsin
9. ORSANCO (Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission)
10. Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy in Pennsylvania showing Managing Stormwater: Best Management Practices for municipalities, including videos
11. Stormwater Authority
12. Institute of Water Research- Michigan State University
13. The Center for Watershed Protection
14. Water Environment Federation
15. Lake Superior Duluth Streams - Stormwater

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    G. Conservation Design Resources

1. US Army Corp of Engineers - E. St. Louis and Vicinity Interior Flood Control Alternatives
2. EPA - Low-Impact Development (LID)
3. Futurewise, Seattle, WA - Land Use & Water Quality -- sprawl
4. Low Impact Development Center
5. Low Impact Development - Slides
6. New Low Impact Design: Site Planning and Design Techniques for Stormwater Management - Coffman, Maryland
7. NEMO - Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials
8. NRDC - Stormwater Strategies, Community Responses to Runoff Pollution, National Resources Defense Council

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H. Other

1. Dane County Office of Lakes and Watersheds