Best Management Practices provides guidance that will help homeowners, businesses, contractors, and service people reduce the amount of stormwater pollution that maintenance activities might generate.

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General BMPs:
General BMPs for Everyone [72 KB]
Recycle Mercury Containing Lamps - It's the Law! [221 KB]
Why do People Dump Trash in Creeks [253 KB]
Streamside Planting Guide [261KB]
Don't Plant a Pest
Less Toxic Pest Control Service
Tips for a Cleaner Bay: How Your Business Can Prevent Stormwater Pollution (English)
Tips for a Cleaner Bay: How Your Business Can Prevent Stormwater Pollution (Spanish)

Food Facility Series:
Clean It Right! (English) [625 KB]
Clean It Right (Spanish) [602 KB]
BMPs for Supermarkets & Grocery Stores [20 KB]
Restaurant BMPs (English) [247 KB]
Restaurant BMPs (Spanish) [324 KB]
Grease Haulers [link]

Construction Industry Series:
"Start at the Source" [56 kb]
(a new development & construction BMP guidebook, developed by the Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association (BASMAA), can be ordered by calling 510-622-2465)
Construction Site Stormwater Compliance Inspection Form [excel]
Pre-Wet Season Erosion Control Inspections Tracking Form [word]
Fresh Concrete & Mortar Application [25 KB]
Earth-Moving Activities [65 KB]
General Construction and Site Supervision[40 KB]
Heavy Equipment Operation [19 KB]
Landscaping, Gardening, and Pool Maintenance [19 KB]
Painting and Application of Solvents and Adhesives [22 KB]
Roadwork and Paving [15 KB]
Conceptual Review Checklist for Stormwater Considerations [38 KB]
Guide to Creek & Wetland Permitting [530 KB]
Riparian Erosion and Sediment Control brochure [51 KB]
Guidelines for Home Repairs and Remodeling [155 KB]
Blueprint for a Clean Bay: Best Management Practices to Prevent Stormwater
Pollution from Construction-Related Activities[1590KB]
Dewatering Best Management Practices [link to Caltrans website]
Building Demolition and Mercury Hazards [207 KB]
Stormwater and Construction Poster (side 1) [299 KB]
Stormwater and Construction Poster (side2) [103 KB]
Developments Protecting Water Quality a Guidebook of Site design Examples [5983KB]
C3 New Development Handbook [14,692 KB]
Stormwater Quality Requirements for Developers, Builders and Project Applicants [pdf]
Construction BMP Plan Sheet [259KB]

Automotive Maintenance Series:
Vehicle Service Facilities(English) [984 KB]
Vehicle Service Facilities(Spanish) [988 KB]
Automotive Service Poster: Protect Our Bay & Ocean! (English) [589 KB]
Automotive Service Poster: Protect Our Bay & Ocean! (Spanish) [592 KB]
Automotive Service Poster: Protect Our Bay & Ocean! (Chinese) [1,480 KB]
Pollution Prevention Practices for Automotive Service and Repair Shops [24 KB]
California EPA Fact Sheet on Antifreeze Recycling [204 KB]
Automotive Recyclers Association - Stormwater BMPs for Auto Recycling [website]
Best Management Practice Guide Retail Gasoline Outlets [link]

Industrial Series:
Best Management Practices for Industiral Storm Water Pollution Control [link Sacramento]

Mobile Cleaner & Power Washing:
Mobile Cleaner BMPs for Waste Water Runoff [500 KB]
BASMAA Recognized Surface Cleaners List [12 KB]
(Mobile power washers and surface cleaners who have been trained by local member agencies in pollution prevention practices.)
Online Surface Cleaner Training [link to BASMAA website]

Storm Drain Stencilling:
Stencil your Storm Drain [67 KB]

Municipal Brochures:
Public Employee Guidance Document [2.1 MB]
Source Control Measures Guidance and Model List [81 KB]