BMPs for significant development and redevelopment capture and detain stormwater in best management practices, called volume capture devices. These BMPs are designed to capture and temporarily detain a large percentage of runoff events and runoff volumes then release the runoff over a six- to 40-hour period, which allows sufficient time for settling of pollutants. Volume capture BMPs are widely used by communities throughout the United States and are considered a standard of practice.
The following BMPs meet the minimum water quality capture volume (WQCV) requirements for on-site or regional stormwater quality facilities:
Figure 28.64.020(a), Porous Pavement Detention (with under-drain only);
Figure 28.64.020(b), Porous Landscape Detention (with under-drain only);
Figure 28.64.020(c), Extended Detention Basin;
Figure 28.64.020(d), Sand Filter Extended Detention Basin;
Figure 28.64.020(e), Constructed Wetland Basin;
Figure 28.64.020(f), Retention Basin;
Figure 28.64.020(g), Grass Swale.
Examples of these BMPs can be found in:
(a) Urban Drainage and Flood Control District (UDFCD) 1999. Urban Storm Drainage Criteria Manual (USDCM), Volume 3 – Best Management Practices. This document is available at:
http://www.udfcd.org/usdcm/vol3.htm.
(b) Water Environment Federation (WEF) and American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 1998. Urban Runoff Quality Management. WEF Manual No. 23, ASCE Manual No. 87.
(c) EPA 2002. Consideration in the Design of Treatment Best Management Practices (BMP) to Improve Water Quality. EPA 600 R-03/103. This document is available in .pdf form at the following website:
http://www.epa.gov/ORD/NRMRL/pubs/600r03103/600r03103chp5.pdf
Portions of the USDCM Volume 3 that are required to design an extended detention basin to include water quality requirements are in Chapter 28.8 GJMC. Each designer should note that all UDFCD documents are updated continuously, and it is the designer’s responsibility to check for these updates to ensure use of the most up-to-date data. Each designer should also note that some equations in this manual have been modified from those in Volume 3 to be specific to Mesa County. Equations in this manual shall govern. |
Use of alternate BMPs not specified above is subject to approval by the local jurisdiction. Figure 28.64.020(h) offers a schematic for determining the best BMP options for individual sites. |
When new development is served by a regional stormwater quality facility designed in accordance with this chapter and stormwater from the development is discharged to an open conveyance system before reaching the regional facility, on-site BMPs must also be provided. If the new development discharges to the regional stormwater quality facility through a storm drain, then this additional requirement does not apply. |
(Res. 40-08 (§ 1602.1), 3-19-08)