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Urban Storm Drainage Criteria Manual

MHFD is dedicated to promoting criteria for adoption by communities as well as guidance for engineers, planners, landscape architects, developers, and contractors within the Denver Metro region.

Users are encouraged to use the electronic versions posted below as updates to this manual may be done as frequently as annually.

Volume 1

Volume 1

Management, Hydrology and Hydraulics

Volume 1
Criteria Manual Volume 2

Volume 2

Structures, Storage and Recreation

Volume 2
Criteria Manual Volume 3

Volume Three

Stormwater Quality

Volume 3

Software

MHFD has developed a number of tools to assist engineers and design professionals develop hydrology, adhere to MHFD criteria, and perform various analyses.

Hydrologic and Hydraulic Software

  • Excel

    CUHP 2005 Version 2.0.1 | Nov-2019 (XLTM, 477 BB)

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  • PDF

    CUHP 2005 Manual | Sep-2016 (PDF, 7.0 MB)

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  • Website

    UWRI Water Quality Capture Optimization and Statistics Model (WQ-COSM)

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Design Tools as presented in USDCM Volumes I and II

  • Zip

    Culvert Design – UD-Culvert v3.05 | Nov-2017 (ZIP, 460 KB)

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  • Excel

    Detention Design – MHFD-Detention v4.04 | Feb-2021 (XLSM, 7.0 MB)

    MHFD Detention Instructional Video

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  • Excel

    Peak Runoff Prediction by the Rational Method – UD Rational 2.00 | May-2017 (XLS, 1.00 MB)

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  • Zip

    Street Capacity and Inlet Sizing – UD-Inlet v4.05 | Mar-2017 (XLS, 4.20 MB)

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SCM Sizing – Whole-life Cycle Cost as presented in USDCM Volume III

  • Excel

    SCM Design v4.00 | Apr-2024 (ZIP, 5.7 MB)

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  • Zip

    BMP Life Cycle Cost Analysis Tool – BMP-REALCOST | Nov-2017 (ZIP, 2.0 MB)

    NOTE: .ZIP file includes the users manual. For user manual appendices, please email us contact@mhfd.org

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