Expert Panel Report
Final CBP Approved Expert Panel Report on Stormwater Performance Standards (Long Version)

This report (revised January 2015), prepared by the Chesapeake Stormwater Network, establishes a framework for calculating pollutant removal rates based on runoff reduction and treatment achieved by development and redevelopment projects. It provides methods and adjustor curves to estimate sediment and nutrient reductions, while streamlining reporting and supporting consistent crediting across diverse state stormwater programs in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
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View All ResourcesThe Urban Nutrient Management expert panel report was first approved in 2013. In the years since, the Chesapeake Bay Program...
This report (2014, prepared by the Chesapeake Stormwater Network and the Center for Watershed Protection, establishes methods for assigning nutrient...
Recommendations for Crediting Outfall and Gully Stabilization Projects in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (October 2019), refines existing stream restoration protocols...
