Georgia Stormwater Management Manual
Volume 1 (Local Government Guide)
Volume 2 (Technical Handbook) 1,038 pages; 110 MB
Objectives:
Volume 1: To provide guidance on the latest and best post-construction stormwater management practices available to Georgia communities to minimize the negative impacts of increasing stormwater runoff and its associated pollutants. Building on the previous version, this updated Manual will help Georgia communities take a comprehensive approach to stormwater management that integrates drainage design, stormwater quantity, and water quality considerations. The goal is to provide an effective tool for local governments and the development community to reduce both stormwater quality and quantity impacts and protect downstream areas and receiving waters.
Volume 2: To provide guidance on the best post-construction stormwater management practices available to Georgia communities to minimize the negative impacts of increasing stormwater runoff and its associated pollutants. The goal is to provide an effective tool for local governments and the development community to reduce both stormwater quality and quantity impacts and protect downstream areas and receiving waters.
This Manual does not cover construction site sediment and erosion control practices. Guidance on these practices can be found in the latest edition of the Manual for Erosion and Sediment Control in Georgia.
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Georgia Stormwater Management Manual
Volume 3 (Pollution Prevention Guidebook)
214 pages; 2 MB
Objectives:
Volume 3: to provide guidance on addressing stormwater runoff. The goal is to provide an effective tool for local governments and the development community to reduce both stormwater quality and quantity impacts, and protect downstream areas and receiving waters.
This Manual does not cover construction site sediment and erosion control practices. Guidance on these practices can be found in the Manual for Erosion and Sediment Control in Georgia.
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Stormwater Quality Site Development Review Tool
The Stormwater Quality Site Development Review Tool is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet-based tool that is a companion to the Georgia Stormwater Management Manual. This tool allows both developers and local government review staff to quickly evaluate the water quality performance of stormwater management plans for proposed land development projects. (XLS file)
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Manual for Erosion and Sediment Control in Georgia
2016 Edition
If you are a certified Erosion and Sediment Control Design Professional or Plan Preparer in Georgia, please review the following information to ensure that you are meeting the requirements of the Erosion and Sedimentation Act of 1975 and are aware of news regarding the Manual for Erosion and Sediment Control in Georgia:
The Erosion and Sedimentation Act of 1975 requires that, as a minimum, protections at least as stringent as the state general permit; and best management practices, including sound conservation and engineering practices to prevent and minimize erosion and resultant sedimentation, must be consistent with, and no less stringent than, those practices contained in the Manual for Erosion and Sediment Control In Georgia published by the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission as of January 1 of the year in which the land-disturbing activity was permitted.
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