City of Cambridge

Massachusetts Stormwater Management Handbook (city follows MassDEP Standards)

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Municipality coverage via MassDEP handbook.

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Other manuals in Massachusetts: Boston Water and Sewer Commission, City of Springfield, City of Worcester, Massachusetts, Massachusetts

Document Metadata

Jurisdiction level

City

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State

Massachusetts

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Version / edition

Third Edition / 2023 draft handbook mirror

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Adoption / effective date

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Last revised date

2023-12

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Relationship to state manual

adopts state manual directly

“Performance Removal Curves and the MassDEP pollutant removal credits – i.e., the EPA-PRCs and MassDEP pollutant removal credits assume that the SCM has been designed with proper pretreatment in accordance with the Appendix A Structural SCM Specifications and the Massachusett”
p. 30

Design Criteria

Design storm return periods (years)

2-year, 10-year, 100-year

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Water quality volume method

Required runoff depth multiplied by total post-construction impervious site area (MassDEP Stormwater Management Standards / Handbook).

“calculated as the required runoff depth multiplied by the total post-construction impervious site area”
MassDEP Handbook

Peak flow calculation method(s)

NRCS WinTR20, WinTR55 Small Watershed Hydrology Method

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Hydrologic/hydraulic software

WinTR-20, WinTR-55

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Approved BMP categories

Non-Structural, Structural Pretreatment, Structural Treatment, Structural Conveyance, Structural Infiltration, Structural Other

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