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Stormwater Permit and Compliance Documents

Sacramento's NPDES** Permit
Municipal Stormwater Permit (adopted December 2002)
Stormwater Quality Improvement Plan
Annual Report
Workplan

Ordinances

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

Guidance and Design References

Maps

Sacramento County Creeks (PDF)

Other

**National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

Stormwater Quality Improvement Plan

The Stormwater Quality Improvement Plan (SQIP) describes activities to be conducted over a five year period to help reduce urban stormwater pollution and protect Sacramento's creeks and rivers. The SQIP impacts all of us living and working in the Sacramento area. Call 916-874-8642 for a hard copy or to get further information.

June 2007 DRAFT

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

April 2004 Version

The SQIP is available in PDF format. You can download the full main document (6.3 Mb) or all of its appendices (4 Mb), or you can download just the specific sections that you need:

Table of Contents (0.1 Mb)
Table of Contents, Executive Summary, Chapter 1: Introduction, and Chapter 2: Program Overview (0.5 Mb)
Chapter 3: Joint Program (1.6 Mb)
Chapter 4: Sacramento County SQIP (1.9 Mb)
Chapter 5: Citrus Heights SQIP (0.6 Mb)
Chapter 6: Elk Grove SQIP (1 Mb)
Chapter 7: Folsom SQIP (5.2 Mb)
Chapter 8: Galt SQIP (0.9 Mb)
Chapter 9: Rancho Cordova SQIP (0.6 Mb)
Appendices A (Glossary), B (Background), C (Surface Waters), D (MOU), and E (Annual Report Form) (0.4 Mb)
Appendix F: Sacramento County (0.1 Mb)
Appendix G: Citrus Heights (0.4 Mb)
Appendix H: Elk Grove (0.3 Mb)
Appendix I: Folsom (2.2 Mb)
Appendix J: Galt (0.5 Mb)
Appendix K: Rancho Cordova (0.6 Mb)

Sacramento Stormwater Program Annual Report

2006-07 Sacramento County Annual Report:

2006-07 Annual Report (entire document including appendices - 47 Mb)
2006-07 Annual Report (main document without appendices - 0.7 Mb)
Appendix B: Construction Element (0.8 Mb)
Appendix C: Industrial Element (2 Mb)
Appendix D: Municipal Operations Element (21 Mb)
Appendix E: Illicit Element (0.9 Mb)
Appendix F: Public Outreach Element (13 Mb)
Appendix G: New Development Element (11 Mb)

2006-07 Joint Program Annual Report:
(includes joint program elements: Monitoring, Target Pollutants, and Public Outreach)

2006-07 Joint Program Annual Report
(full document, including all appendices - 36 Mb)
Table of Contents only (143 kb)
Main document (without appendices - 2 Mb)
Appendix A: Monitoring
- all of Appendix A (18 Mb)
- A-1 through A-3: Water Quality Objective Exceedance (3 Mb)
- A-4: Sampling and Analysis Plans (3 Mb)
- A-5: SRCSD Coordinated Monitoring Program (3 Mb)
- A-6: Urban Tributary and Additional Pesticide Monitoring Report (3 Mb)
- A-7: Discharge Monitoring Report (3 Mb)
- A-8: Bioassessment Monitoring (2 Mb)
- A-9: Assessment Strategy for Dissolved Oxygen, Temperature, and pH
  in Sacramento Urban Tributaries, Memorandum (DO, Temp, pH) (3 Mb)
Appendix B: Target Pollutant Reduction Program (9 Mb)
Appendix C: Regional Public Outreach Program (7 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.

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