Water Services ,Stormwater

Stormwater Management Manual

The 2006 Metro Stormwater Management Manual is here and ready for you to view and download!  We only updated Volume 1 and Sections 1 and 6 of Volume 4.  You should still use the 2000 version of Volume 2, the 1988 version of Volume 3, and the Sections 2 through 5 of the 2000 version of Volume 4.

Current Stormwater Management Manual

Former Stormwater Management Manual

Stormwater Regulation Revision Announcement - Letter from Tom Palko, Director of Stormwater, introducing the 2006 Manual

2006 SWMM Letter to the Mayor – Letter from Scott Potter, Director of Metro Water Services, to Mayor Bill Purcell highlighting the major components of the 2006 revisions and requesting their approval.


Site Development Tool

A Site Development Tool has been created to aid engineers in designing the water quality treatment for a project. This program can be downloaded onto your computer and used to calculate if a site meets Metro’s water quality requirements.

To ensure we are able to send out any updates to this tool, we are now requesting you to enter your e-mail address before this tool can be downloaded.

Registration Information






Clicking the "Download Tool" button will allow you to download a zip file containing the necessary components (instructions for use and executable files). If your computer does not contain a required system file, please also download and run the dotnetfix tool to resolve this problem.


Training Presentation

Metro Water Services is no longer offering training sessions for the new regulations. The training presentation can be viewed with the link below.

2006 SWMM Training

For questions relating to the 2006 Stormwater Management Manual:

Rebecca Dohn
1607 County Hospital Road
Nashville, TN 37218
Phone: (615) 880-2420
Fax: (615) 880-2425
E-mail: rebecca.dohn@nashville.gov

To purchase a copy of the 2006 Stormwater Management Manual, please contact:

JoAnn Brown
800 Second Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37201
Phone: (615) 862-4588
Fax: (615) 862-4715
E-mail: joann.brown@nashville.gov