This guidance helps citizens and municipalities in urban areas protect bodies of water from polluted runoff that can result from everyday activities. These scientifically sound techniques are the best practices known today. The guidance will also help states to implement their nonpoint source control programs and municipalities to implement their Phase II Storm Water Permit Programs.
You will need Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- Full Document: National Management Measures to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Urban Areas (PDF)(518 pp, 6 MB, November 2005, EPA-841-B-05-004)
- Cover and Table of Contents (PDF)(21 pp, 349 K)
- Introduction (PDF)(45 pp, 805 K)
- Management Measure 1: Program Framework and Objectives (PDF)(43 pp, 670 K)
- Management Measure 2: Watershed Assessment (PDF)(31 pp, 363 K)
- Management Measure 3: Watershed Protection (PDF)(37 pp, 476 K)
- Management Measure 4: Site Development (PDF)(37 pp, 987 K)
- Management Measure 5: New Development Runoff Treatment (PDF)(81 pp, 2 MB)
- Management Measure 6: New and Existing On-Site Wastewater Treatment Systems (PDF)(63 pp, 1 MB)
- Management Measure 7: Bridges and Highways (PDF)(27 pp, 345 K)
- Management Measure 8: Construction Site Erosion, Sediment, and Chemical Control (PDF)(43 pp, 451 K)
- Management Measure 9: Pollution Prevention November (PDF)(41 pp, 420 K)
- Management Measure 10: Existing Development November (PDF)(29 pp, 342 K)
- Management Measure 11: Operation and Maintenance (PDF)(19 pp, 315 K)
- Management Measure 12: Evaluate Program Effectiveness (PDF)(15 pp, 241 K)