Commercial and Residential Useful Links

El Dorado County Environmental Management

• Liquid Waste Program
• Hazardous Materials Program (including Medical Waste, Household Hazardous Waste and Spill Response)
• Solid Waste Program
• Vector Control

Water Conservation

• EID Water Efficiency Resources
• El Dorado County Master Gardner Articles (scroll to bottom of page)
• UC Davis Arboretum All-Stars Plant List
• State Water Board's Drought Website
• Tahoe Resource Conservation District
• USGS Drought Map

Agriculture

• El Dorado Agriculture Water Quality Management BMPs
• El Dorado Agricultural Land Management Resources
• El Dorado County Department of Agriculture/Weights and Measures
• Agricultural Grading Permits
• El Dorado County Fish Friendly Farming Program

Livestock

• Livestock & Land Best Management Practices
• Resource Conservation District Assistance
• El Dorado County Fish Friendly Ranching Program (scroll to middle of page)

Watershed Awareness

• USGS Water Cycle
• What is a Watershed?(PDF, 186KB)
• Lake Tahoe Water Clarity
• Upper Cosumnes River Watershed
• EPA Surf Your Watershed
• State Water Resources Control Board's Impaired Water Bodies

Low Impact Development (LID)

• Low Impact Development - Sustainable Storm Water Management
• Environmental Protection Agency Green Infrastructure
• Urban Design Tools LID
• California Stormwater Quality Association LID Toolbox
• State Water Resources Control Board Storm Water Films
• TRPA BMP Handbook

Unimproved Roads

• Rural Roads(PDF, 8MB)

Pesticides, Herbicides and Fertilizers

• Our Water Our World
• Invasive Weed Information for El Dorado County
• Pesticide Monitoring for El Dorado County
• Weed Control Without Poison
• What are the Sources of Nutrients in Water?
• Is That Fertilizer Really Necessary?
• Is That Pesticide Really Necessary?

Post-Fire Recovery/Bark Beetles

• Living with Fire
• Sand and King Fire Recovery Information
• NRCS Fire Recovery Fact Sheets
• Reforestation Order Form (seedlings)

Erosion and Sediment Control

• El Dorado County Resource Conservation Districts (non-regulatory assistance)
• West Slope Vegetation Establishment Guidelines(PDF, 718KB)
• Tahoe Regional Planning Agency BMP Handbook
• Caltrans BMP Fact Sheets
• NRCS Web Soil Survey
• Erosion and Sediment Control Brochure(PDF, 293KB)

Industrial General Permit

• New Industrial General Permit Information(PDF, 277KB)
• State Water Board's Industrial Website

Youth Environmental Education

• American River Conservancy
• Splash in the Class: El Dorado County
• El Dorado County and Georgetown Divide Resource Conservation Districts
• El Dorado County Ag in the Classroom
• California Department of Fish and Wildlife Workshops
• Cosumnes River Preserve

Contact

For questions or comments about the Storm Water Management Program or to report an illicit discharge into a water body contact:

El Dorado County Long Range Planning Division
2850 Fairlane Court
Placerville, CA 95667
(530) 573-7906
stormwater@edcgov.us

Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/EDCStormwater