Documents
(available in PDF format)

Also see New Development page

Brochures and construction related documents can be found on the Sacramento Stormwater Quality Partnership site.

Stormwater Permit and Compliance Documents

• Sacramento's NPDES** Permit
  Municipal Stormwater Permit (adopted September 2008)
• Stormwater Quality Improvement Plan
• Sacramento County 2007-08 Annual Report (25.7 Mb)
• Sacramento Stormwater Quality Partnership 2007-08 Annual Report (38.2 Mb)
• Workplan

Ordinances

• Grading and Erosion Control Ordinance
• Stormwater Quality Ordinance (Title 15.12 of Sacramento County Code)

Guidance and Design References

• Stormwater Quality Design Manual for the Sacramento and South Placer Regions
• Sacramento Industrial BMP Manual
• Sacramento Stormwater Sampling Guidance

Maps

• Sacramento County Creeks (PDF)
• Listing of Sacramento County streams — http://californiamaps.org/map.php?county=Sacramento&type=stream

Other

• Coordinated Monitoring Program
• Regulation for Post Construction Design Standards for Stormwater Control Measures
• The Outfall — training newsletter

**National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

Stormwater Quality Improvement Plan 

The November 2009 Tentative SQIP can be found at:  http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/board_decisions/tentative_orders/ (halfway down the page under Sacramento).

June 2007 DRAFT SQIP, full document. (PDF format, 15 Mb)

Grading and Erosion Control Ordinance  

• Available in PDF format (70Kb). Download

Stormwater Quality Design Manual for the Sacramento and South Placer Regions – May 2007  

• The Guidance Manual was prepared jointly by the County and Cities of Sacramento, Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, Galt, Rancho Cordova, and Roseville. The manual provides information and guidance on control measures for reducing pollutants in stormwater runoff discharged from new and redevelopment project sites.
• Download an electronic version (PDF) of the manual from the Sacramento Stormwater Quality Partnership website.