Location and Design Division

VDOT GOVERNANCE DOCUMENT
Location and Design Division
Issued April 2002 - Revised January 2021
  

Drainage Manual    

The most recent version of the Drainage Manual is presented and is the official source for the development and application of all drainage design related to VDOT plans.
 
Future revisions and additions will be highlighted on this Web page. It should be noted that the Drainage Manual as presented is superseded by (1) the current Errata Sheet, (2) current Hydraulic Design Advisories, and (3) occasionally by Location and Design Instructional and Informational Memoranda.
  
The information provided in this electronic version of the Drainage Manual is a product of, and copyrighted by, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and is intended to be used for informational purposes only and is not to be sold or otherwise distributed for profit. 
  
Although this data has been tested by VDOT, no expressed or implied warranties are made by VDOT concerning, the accuracy, completeness,
reliability and usability of this information.   
  
                                        
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If you have any questions or concerns with the content of the manual, contact Victoria.Bains@VDOT.Virginia.gov.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact LDPolicySupport@vdot.virginia.gov.

• Combined Drainage Manual 
• Previous Drainage Manual
• Drainage Manual Revisions
• Instructional and Informational Memoranda
• Part II B BMP Design Manual of Practice
• Part II C BMP Design Manual of Practice

VDOT will no longer offer either hard copy or CD versions of the VDOT Drainage Manual.