APPENDIX B: STORMWATER MANAGEMENT DESIGN CRITERIA
TABLE B-1
DESIGN STORM RAINFALL AMOUNT
Source: NOAA Atlas 14 website, Doylestown Gage (36-2221)
http://hdsc.nws.noaa.gov/hdsc/pfds/orb/pa_pfds.html
FIGURE B-1
ATLAS 14 TYPE II S-CURVES FOR ALL FREQUENCY STORMS - DOYLESTOWN
GAGE (36-2221)
Source: NOAA Atlas 14 website, Doylestown Gage (36-2221) http://hdsc.nws.noaa.gov/hdsc/pfds/orb/pa_pfds.html.
TABLE B-2
NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION STORMWATER MANAGEMENT CONTROLS
Source: PA BMP Manual Chapter 8, pg. 33
TABLE B-3
GUIDANCE TO CALCULATE THE 2-YEAR, 24-HOUR VOLUME INCREASE FROM PRE-DEVELOPMENT TO POST-DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS
Source: PA BMP Manual Chapter 8, pg. 37
TABLE B-4
RUNOFF CURVE NUMBERS
Source: NRCS (SCS) TR-55
TABLE B-5
VOLUME CONTROL CALCULATION GUIDANCE FOR NONSTRUCTURAL BMPS
Source: PA BMP Manual Chapter 8, pg. 34
TABLE B-6
VOLUME CONTROL CALCULATION GUIDANCE FOR STRUCTURAL BMPS
Source: PA BMP Manual Chapter 8, pg. 38
TABLE B-7
RATIONAL RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS
Source: New Jersey Department of Transportation, Technical Manual for Stream
Encroachment, August, 1984
TABLE B-8
MANNING ROUGHNESS COEFFICIENTS
TABLE B-1
DESIGN STORM RAINFALL AMOUNT (INCHES)
The design storm rainfall amount chosen for design should be obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Atlas 14 interactive website: http://hdsc.nws.noaa.gov/hdsc/pfds/orb/pa_pfds.html
Source: NOAA Atlas 14 website, Doylestown Gage (36-2221)
http://hdsc.nws.noaa.gov/hdsc/pfds/orb/pa_pfds.html
FIGURE B-1
ATLAS 14 TYPE II S-CURVES FOR ALL FREQUENCY STORMS –
DOYLESTOWN GAGE (36-2221)
TABLE B-2
NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT CONTROLS
Existing Natural Sensitive Resource
Mapped in the ERSAP?
Yes/No/n/a
Total Area (Ac.)
Area to be Protected (Ac.)
Existing Natural Sensitive Resource
Mapped in the ERSAP?
Yes/No/n/a
Total Area (Ac.)
Area to be Protected (Ac.)
Floodplains
 
 
 
Natural drainage ways
 
 
 
Other:
 
 
 
Other:
 
 
 
Riparian areas/buffers
 
 
 
Steep slopes, 15% to 25%
 
 
 
Steep slopes, over 25%
 
 
 
Vernal pools
 
 
 
Waterbodies
 
 
 
Wetlands
 
 
 
Woodlands
 
 
 
Total Existing:
 
TABLE B-3
GUIDANCE TO CALCULATE THE TWO-YEAR, 24-HOUR VOLUME INCREASE
FROM PRE-DEVELOPMENT TO POST-DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS
 
Existing Conditions:
Cover Type/Condition
Soil Type
Area (sf)
Area (ac)
CN
S
Ia (0.2*S)
Q Runoff (in)
Runoff Volume (ft3)
Imperious
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Meadow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Woodland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Developed Conditions:
Cover Type/Condition
Soil Type
Area (sf)
Area (ac)
CN
S
Ia (0.2*S)
Q Runoff (in)
Runoff Volume (ft3)
Impervious
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Meadow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Woodland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2-year Volume Increase (ft3):
 
TABLE B-4
RUNOFF CURVE NUMBERS (FROM NRCS (SCS) TR-55)
TABLE B-5
VOLUME CONTROL CALCULATION GUIDANCE FOR NONSTRUCTURAL BMPS
TABLE B-6
VOLUME CONTROL CALCULATION GUIDANCE FOR STRUCTURAL BMPS
TABLE B-7
RATIONAL RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS
TABLE B-8
MANNING’S ROUGHNESS COEFFICIENTS
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