Stormwater Atlas

City of Topeka

Stormwater BMP Design Handbook

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LS/Value Rating method rather than fixed rainfall depth WQv; quantity design storms live partly in companion Design Criteria manual.

Fields not found in document: design_criteria.design_storm_return_periods_years, design_criteria.required_hydrologic_hydraulic_software
Other manuals in Kansas: City of Lawrence, City of Overland Park, City of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas

Document Metadata

Jurisdiction level
City

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State
Kansas

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Version / edition
January 2021

“Version: January 2021”

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Adoption / effective date
2021-01-01

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Last revised date
2021-01-01

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Relationship to state manual
independent

“independent — aligns with MARC/APWA BMP Manual and TMC 13.35”

§1.4 / §3.3

Design Criteria

Design storm return periods (years)
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Water quality volume method
Meet or exceed Level of Service (LS) using the MARC/APWA Manual of Best Management Practices for Stormwater Quality Value Rating method (Table 3-1 Overall Value Ratings). BMPs designed per Handbook + MARC/APWA specs; quantity BMPs (detention/retention) addressed in Handbook Ch. 4 with conveyance still in Design Criteria & Drafting Standards.

“Applicable developments shall be designed and constructed to meet or exceed the Level of Service (LS) required for the site as evaluated using the Level of Service Method described in the most recent version of the MARC/APWA Manual”

§3.3

Peak flow calculation method(s)
MARC/APWA Level of Service / Value Rating method, Handbook Chapter 4 stormwater quantity BMP design, City Design Criteria & Drafting Standards for linear conveyance

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Hydrologic/hydraulic software
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Approved BMP categories
Native vegetation preserved/established, Rain garden, Infiltration basin / trench, Bioretention, Pervious concrete / porous asphalt / modular block, Extended detention wetland, Sand filters, Extended wet / dry detention, Vegetated filter strip / native swale, Manufactured treatment devices (policy), Cistern (Appendix F)

“Table 3-1. Stormwater Quality BMP Value Ratings ... Bioretention ... Infiltration Basin”

Table 3-1