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Storm Water Management Technical Standards

House construction Storm Water Construction and Post-Construction Technical Standards are documents that specify the minimum requirements needed to plan, design, install and maintain a wide array of conservation practices aimed at preserving the land and water resources of Wisconsin. They are based on current research, field experience, the best available technology, and are a primary component to many federal, state and local conservation programs.

The Department in accordance with s. NR 151.31, Wis. Adm. Code, has approved the technical standards listed below. The Department recommends that these technical standards be used for erosion/sediment control or storm water management as they have been determined to be adequate and effective to implement the performance standards of subch. III or IV of ch. NR 151, Wis. Adm. Code.

Construction Site Erosion & Sediment Control

STANDARD Number File Size (KB) Effective Date
Channel Erosion Mat
1053
142
08/05
De-watering
1061
544
04/07
Ditch Checks
  Figure 1
  Figure 2
1062
25
333
32
03/06
Construction Site Diversion
1066
20
03/06
Dust Control
1068
125
03/04
Grading Practices for Erosion Control - Temporary
1067
131
03/04
Interim Sediment Control: Water Application of Polymers
1051
268
11/02
Land Application of Anionic Polyacrylamide
1050
615
07/01
Mulching for Construction Sites
1058
142
06/03
Non-channel Erosion Mat
1052
165
08/03
Sediment Bale Barrier
1055
136
08/03
Sediment Basin
1064
91
03/06
Sediment Trap
1063
193
09/05
Seeding
1059
160
11/03
Silt Fence
 illustration - PDF
  illustration - DGN
1056
37
90
79
03/06
Silt Curtain
1070
554
09/05
Stone Tracking Pad and Tire Washing
1057
108
08/03
Storm Drain Inlet Protection For Construction Sites
  illustration - PDF
  illustration - DGN
1060
379
245
298
10/03
Turbidity Barriers
1069
1.4 MB zip
09/05
Vegetative Buffer for Construction Sites
1054
141
05/03
Notes:
  • Standards updates: Errata [PDF 14KB]
  • Downers Grove North CAD format files use the DGN file extension

Post-Construction Storm Water Management

STANDARD
Number
File Size (KB)
Effective Date
Tech Notes
Bioretention for Infiltration (includes drawings in Zip file)
1004
733
07/06
Tech Note
Compost
S100
90
10/04
  
Infiltration Basin(includes drawings in Zip file)
1003
901
10/04
Tech Note
Infiltration Trench  
n/a
    
Rain Gardens: use "Rain Gardens:  A how-to manual for homeowners" [PDF 3MB]
8/05
  
Site Evaluation for Stormwater Infiltration *
1002
183
02/04
  
Swales 1005 228 5/07 Updated 5/10/2007
Wet Detention Pond (includes flowchart in Zip file)
1001
658
10/07
  
  • * Errata: The technical standard contains a reference to the NRCS Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils. Since this technical standard was developed, there has been an update to the referenced field book. The current version is 2.0.
  • Updates to Post-Construction Standards Errata [PDF 21KB]
  • Post-Construction Workshop Presentations: Technical Standards are created via the Standards Oversight Council (SOC) process. The SOC is an organization charged with working through the inherent difficulties of coordinating the needs of diverse interests and overseeing the development, maintenance and distribution of quality technical standards for conservation practices in Wisconsin.
  • For more information see: Standards Oversight Council [exit DNR]
  • For additional information also see the Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association: WLWCA [exit DNR]

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Last Revised: Wednesday February 13 2008