TMDL Documents and Reports
Technical Reports
Eagleville Brook Watershed Management Plan. June 2011. Written by Mike Dietz and Chet Arnold, UConn CLEAR. 63 pp.
Draft LID Checklists for the Town of Mansfield and the University of Connecticut. Excerpted from the Eagleville Brook Watershed Management Plan. June 2011. Prepared by UConn CLEAR, NEMO Program.
The Impervious Cover TMDL Project: An Update for Mansfield Commissions and Citizens. April 2011. Produced by the NEMO Program of the UConn Center for Land Use Education and Research.
Responding to an Impervious Cover-Based TMDL: A Brief Step-By-Step Guide. September 2011. Produced by the NEMO Program of the UConn Center for Land Use Education and Research.
“Top Ten” Retrofit Fact Sheets
Site A3/A4: Parking Lot F Terraced Bioretention
Site A5: Warehouse and Motor Pool Perimeter Sand Filter/Green Roof
Site A8: Hurley Residence Hall Rooftop Disconnection and Bioretention
Site A11: Parking Lot 9 Bioretention
Site B3: Athletic Field Complex Gravel Wetland System
Site B5: Parking Lot Y Bioswales
Site B11: Parking Lot W Bioretention
Site C4C5: CUE and Gentry Building Rooftop Disconnection and Bioretention
Site C16/C17: Chemistry Building Quad Rooftop Disconnection and Bioretention
“Top Ten” Retrofit Conceptual Drawings
Site A3/A4: Parking Lot F Terraced Bioretention
Site A5: Warehouse and Motor Pool Perimeter Sand Filter/Green Roof
Site A8: Hurley Residence Hall Rooftop Disconnection and Bioretention
Site A11: Parking Lot 9 Bioretention
Site B3: Athletic Field Complex Gravel Wetland System
Site B5: Parking Lot Y Bioswales
Site B11: Parking Lot W Bioretention
Site C4/C5: CUE and Gentry Building Rooftop Disconnection and Bioretention
Site C16/C17: Chemistry Building Quad Rooftop Disconnection and Bioretention
Proceedings, Papers, and Presentations
Proceedings & Papers
Lilly, L., C. Arnold, K. Collins, D. Caraco, and A. Kitchell. 2011. Incorporating impervious cover into water quality plans. Public Works magazine. March 2011 issue, pages 59-63.
Bellucci, Christopher. 2007. Stormwater and aquatic life: making the connection between impervious cover and aquatic life impairments for TMDL development in Connecticut streams. In Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation TMDL Conference, Bellevue, WA. Alexandria, VA: Water Environment Federation, 1003–1018.
Arnold, C.L., C.J. Bellucci, K. Collins and R. Claytor. 2010. Responding to the first impervious cover-based TMDL in the nation. Watershed Science Bulletin, Journal of the Association of Watershed & Stormwater Professionals 1(1): 11-18.
Collins, K., L. Lilly, D. Caraco, C. Arnold and A. Kitchell. 2010. Addressing an impervious cover TMDL through the use of LID. Proceedings of the ASABE TMDL 2010 Conference, Baltimore, MD, November 2010.
Dietz, M.E., C. Arnold, K. Milardo and R. Miller. 2015. The care and feeding of a long term institutional commitment to Green Stormwater Infrastructure: A case study at the University of Connecticut. Journal of Green Building 10(3): 1-13.
Presentations
Kelly Collins, Center for Watershed Protection and John Rozum, NOAA (formerly UConn NEMO). Pondering an impervious cover TMDL. Presented at the International Low Impact Development Conference, San Francisco, CA, April 2010.
Anne Kitchell, Horsley Witten Group. Responding to the first impervious cover TMDL: lessons from the field. Presented at the Annual Nonpoint Source Conference of the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, Plymouth, MA, May 2010.
Lilly, L. ID. Addressing an impervious cover TMDL through the use of LID. StormCon Conference, August 4, 2010.
Key Papers
Arnold, Chester L., and C. J. Gibbons. 1996. Impervious surface coverage: the emergence of a key environmental indicator. Journal of the American Planning Association 62(2): 243–258.
Arnold, C.L., C.J. Bellucci, K. Collins and R. Claytor. 2010. Responding to the first impervious cover-based TMDL in the nation. Watershed Science Bulletin, Journal of the Association of Watershed & Stormwater Professionals 1(1): 11-18.
Bellucci, Christopher. 2007. Stormwater and aquatic life: making the connection between impervious cover and aquatic life impairments for TMDL development in Connecticut streams. In Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation TMDL Conference, Bellevue, WA. Alexandria, VA: Water Environment Federation, 1003–1018.
Booth, Derek B. and C. Jackson. Urbanization of aquatic systems: degradation thresholds, stormwater detection, and the limits of mitigation. 1997. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 33(5):1077-1090.
Booth, D.B., J. Karr, S. Schauman, C. Konrad, S. Morley, M. Larson, and S. Burges. Reviving urban streams: land use, hydrology, biology, and human behavior. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, October 2004: 1351-1364.
Brabec, Elizabeth, S. Schulte, and P. L. Richards. 2002. Impervious surfaces and water quality: a review of current literature and its implications for watershed planning. Journal of Planning Literature 16(4): 499–514.
Cuffney, T.F., R.A. Brightbill, J.T. May, and I.R. Waite. 2010. Responses of benthic macroinvertebrates to environmental changes associated with urbanization in the nine metropolitan areas. Ecological Applications 20(5): 1384-1401.
Dietz, M. 2007. Low impact development practices: a review of current research and recommendations for future directions. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 186: 351-363.
Dietz, Michael E., and J. Clausen. 2008. Stormwater runoff and export changes with development in a traditional and low impact subdivision. Journal of Environmental Management 87:560–566.
Goetz, S. and G. Fiske. 2008. Linking the diversity and abundance of stream biota to landscapes in the mid-Atlantic USA. Remote Sensing of Environment 112: 4075-4085.
Gregoire, B.G. and J.C. Clausen. 2011. Effect of a modular extensive green roof on stormwater runoff and water quality. Ecological Engineering 37: 963-969
Hirschman, David H., K. A. Collins, and T. Schueler. 2008. Technical memorandum: the runoff reduction method. Ellicott City, MD: Center for Watershed Protection and Chesapeake Stormwater Network. 26pp.
Jordan Cove Watershed Project Final Report. 2007. Prepared by Dr. Jack Clausen for the CT DEP.
Moglen, G. E and S. Kim. 2007. Limiting imperviousness. Journal of the American Planning Association 73(2):161-171.
Reese, Andrew J. 2009. Volume-based hydrology: Examining the shift in focus from peak flows and pollution treatment to mimicking predevelopment volumes. Stormwater, September.
Roy, Allison H., and W. D. Shuster. 2009. Assessing impervious surface connectivity and applications for watershed management. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 45(1): 198–209.
Schiff, Roy and G. Benoit. Effects of impervious cover at multiple spatial scales on coastal watershed streams. 2007. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 43(3): 712-730.
Schueler, T. R. 2003. Impacts of impervious cover on aquatic systems. Watershed protection research monograph no. 1. Ellicott City, MD: Center for Watershed Protection.
Schueler, T.R., L. Fraley-McNeal and K. Cappiella. 2009. Is impervious cover still important?: review of recent research. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 14(4): 309 – 315.
Stranko, Scott, R. Hilderbrand, R. Morgan II, M. Staley, A. Becker, A. Roseberry-Lincoln, E. Perry and P. Jacobsen. 2008. Brook trout declines with land cover and temperature change in maryland. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28: 1223-1232.
University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center 2009 Biannual Report.
Walsh, C. J., A. H. Roy, J. W. Feminella, P. D. Cottingham, P. M. Groffman, and R. P. Morgan II. 2005. The urban stream syndrome: current knowledge and the search for a cure. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 24(3): 706–723.
Wang, L., J. Lyons and P Kanehl. 2001. Impacts of urbanization on stream habitat and fish across multiple spatial scales. Environmental Management 28(2): 255-266.
Related Docs
University of Connecticut Campus Sustainable Design Guidelines. 2004. University of Connecticut Office of Environmental Policy. Written by JJR Smith Group.
Rhode Island Stormwater Design and Installation Standards Manual. 2010. Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and Rhode Island Coastal Resource Management Council. Written, Compiled, Designed and Illustrated by Horsley Witten Group, Inc., Sandwich, MA with technical services from the University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center, Durham, NH, and Loon Environmental, LLC, Riverside, RI.
2008 State of Connecticut Integrated Water Quality Report
Town of Mansfield Plan of Conservation and Development 2006
University of Connecticut at Storrs Landscape Master Plan & Design Guidelines, March 2010
Maintenance Guide for Uconn Field House Pervious Concrete Parking Lot
The University of Connecticut Sustainable Design and Construction Policy (adopted March 2007)
Videos
View the playlist on YouTube of all the Impervious Cover TMDL videos, or click each link below:
A Tale of Two TMDLs
The NEMO Program's eccentric and slightly lame attempt to illustrate the value of the IC-TMDL approach. (running time 00:01:20)
Gant Plaza Green Roof Project Installation
A fast-motion capture of the installation of a related research project looking at the water quality and quantity impacts of a green roof. (running time 00:01:55)
Scenes from the IC-TMDL Field Evaluation, July 2009
An informal compilation of stills and videos from the week the TMDL team spent combing the watershed for retrofit opportunities. (running time 00:05:32)
Porous Asphalt Parking Lot Demonstration
The porous asphalt parking lot near the Towers dormitories is the first of its kind in Connecticut. This video is your usual "pour the water onto the asphalt and be amazed by what happens" video. (running time 00:01:27)