Stormwater & Flooding Resources

Agencies 

• EPA – Stormwater BMPs
• EPA – Water
• PADEP – Water
• PADEP – Stormwater and MS4 Program
• PADEP – Best Management Practices Manual(from the DEP Greenport website)
• PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
  
  

Watershed Organizations

• Delaware Basin River Commission
• Lower Merion Conservancy
• Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust
• Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy
• Schuylkill Action Network
• Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership
• Wissahickon Trails
  
  

Environmental Organizations

• Brandywine Conservancy Environmental Management Center
• Center for Watershed Protection
• GreenTreks Network, Inc.
• iConserve Pennsylvania
• Low Impact Development Center
• Philadelphia Water Department - Watershed Plans and Reports
• StormwaterPA
• Stroud Water Research Center
• Temple - Villanova Sustainable Stormwater Initiative

Stormwater Management Funding

• Funding Opportunities for Stormwater Management
  
  

Planning By Design

The attractive two-page reports in the Planning by Design series contain descriptions, photos, and specific examples of stormwater management projects that municipalities can implement or require developers to install.

• Green Roofs
• Green Streets
• Green Parking Lots
• Sustainable Paving
• Enhancing Stormwater Management – Bioswales
• Enhancing Stormwater Management – Drainage Swales
• Enhancing Stormwater Management – Basins
  
  

Model Ordinance Series

MCPC has created an award-winning model ordinance series. Some of the ordinances listed below were developed to address specific stormwater management concerns associated with land use or development. While others may not have stormwater as the main subject, they can still help a municipality manage stormwater thorugh ordinance requirements that result in large areas of open space or reduced impervious surfaces.

• Guidebook for Creating a Municipal TDR Program
• Land Preservation District (Update)
• Protecting People and Resources – Floodplain Ordinance
• Riparian Corridor Conservation District Model Ordinance
• Protecting Natural, Scenic, and Historic Resources – Rural Residential District Model Ordinance
• New Town Mixed Use District Model Ordinance
• Creating a Small-Town Character – Village Mixed Use District
• Creating a Village Community – Village Residential District Model Ordinance
  
  

Stormwater Best Management Practices Series

The activities described in this series are known as Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs). These
BMPs can be easily duplicated by businesses, institutions, and residential property owners. The series highlights examples of stormwater projects the county has undertaken in its parks.

• Stormwater Management: Leadership Through Stewardship

Stormwater Management Tools Seminar Presentations

Five of the presentations from the Stormwater Management Tools: Real-Life Solutions for a Resilient Community seminar are available below:

• Funding Opportunities
• Managing Stormwater in Developmed Areas
• Restoring the Hydrologic Cycle by Controlling Runoff from Smaller Storms
• Reducing the Development Footprint to Reduce Stormwater
• Riparian Corridor Protection
  
  

Educational Presentations 

• Managing Our Water Resources: Stormwater Best Management Practices
• Naturalized Basins (6:35 minutes)
• Porous Pavement (6:31 minutes)
• Vegetated Swales (8:06 minutes)
• Wet Ponds (4:56 minutes)
• Bioretention Islands (5:02 minutes)
• Retrofitted Basins (5:54 minutes)
• Sediment Forebay (7:21 minutes)
• Riparian Buffer (7:46 minutes)