• The Kids Page, Stormwater education from the City of Fort Worth, TX
• Certify a Schoolyard, National Wildlife Federation
• Showcase of Exceptional Education Products, State of Washington Dept of Ecology
• Environmental Inquiry, Cornell
• TEACH Great Lakes, Great Lakes Information Network
• Bridging the Watershed, Potomac Area Nat'l Parks and Schools
• USEPA Office of Water

  • Nonpoint Source Kids' Page
  • Water for Kids
• Education Resources for Youth, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources
• Kids + Teachers: Frogs!, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant
• Kids' Stuff, City of Battle Creek Water Protection

Web Resources for Residents

• Watershed Education/Protection

  • Car Washing
    • Riversafe Car Washing Campaign
    • Automobile/Car Wash Education, City of Palo Alto, CA
    • Take Me Out to the Car Wash, Stormwater Magazine
    • The Dirty Secret of Washing your Car at Home, Stormwater Magazine
    • Sound Car Washes, NRDC
  • USEPA Year of Clean Water Nonpoint Source Pollution Activities
  • After the Storm, USEPA
  • Stormwater Information, City of Memphis
  • Watersheds, Where the Atmosphere Meets the Earth, nbc4.com
  • Water Saver, water conservation in your home
  • Saving Water Partnership, water conservation in your home
  • Michigan Watershed Links, MSU
  • Great Lakes Directory, Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network
  • Center for Watershed Protection
  • Watershed Signs, Kent State
  • Protecting Nature in Your Community: A Guidebook for Preserving and Enhancing Biodiversity, Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission
  • Prairie Crossing
  • A Land Manager's Guide to Prairie and Savannas in Michigan: History, Classification and Management (pdf)
  • Wetlands Fact Sheets, USEPA Office of Water
  • Adopt a Stream Foundation
  • Ways to Clean Up Our Water, NRDC
  • Urban Open Space Foundation
  • Downspout Disconnection Program, City of Toronto
  • Downspout Disconnection Program, Milwaukee Metro Sewerage District
  • Downspout Disconnection Program, City of Boston
  • Toronto and Region Conservation Authority: for the living city
  • Stormwater and Runoff Pollution, NC Dept of Env. and Natural Resources
• Protecting Your Water Resources through Landscaping

  • Rain Gardens
    • Stormwater Marsh: Divert your Roof Rain Water to Make a Side Yard Marsh. National Wildlife Federation
    • Rain Gardens, WMEAC, City of Grand Rapids
    • Rain Gardens Healthy for Nature and People, Chicago Wilderness
    • Edgewood College's Rain Garden Project
    • WI DNR Rain Gardens Manuals
  • Gardeners Guide to Clean Water, Santa Barbara County, CA
  • Save Our Swales, City of Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Wild Ones Native Landscaping Handbook
  • Backyard Wildlife Habitat, National Wildlife Federation
  • Chicago Botanic Garden
    • Native Plant Garden
    • Skokie River Demonstration Garden
  • A Tale of Two Cities' Lawn Care Practices
  • Planting the Seed: A Guide to Establishing Prairie and Meadow Communities in Southern Ontario, Environment Canada
  • Bay Scapes, Alliance for Chesapeake Bay
  • Green Landscaping with Native Plants, USEPA GLNPO
  • Rain Water Harvesting
  • Combined Sewer Overflow Rooftop Type Analysis and Rain Barrel Demonstration Project, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

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Web Resources for Planners/Municipalities

• Local Municipality Ordinances and Comprehensive Plans

  • City of Kalamazoo Comprehensive Plan
  • City of Kalamazoo Wellhead Protection Program
  • City of Kalamazoo Ordinances
  • City of Kalamazoo Zoning Ordinance Update Project
  • City of Portage Ordinances
  • City of Portage Home Page
  • Texas Township Ordinances (click on link on home page)
  • Oshtemo Township Home Page

• Model Ordinances

  • Model Ordinances to Protect Local Resources, USEPA
  • Surface Water and Stormwater Rules Guidance Manual, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
  • Grand Traverse County Soil Erosion Ordinance Development
  • Water Quality and Infrastructure, Northeast-Midwest Institute, ordinances concerning stormwater, wetlands
  • Stormwater Manager's Resource Center, Center for Watershed Protection (click "ordinances" to view model ordinances)
  • Effluent Guidelines Construction and Development, USEPA
  • Model Stormwater Management Ordinances, Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District
  • Stormwater Ordinance, City of Memphis
  • King County Stormwater Pollution Control Manual, King County Natural Resources, WA
  • Guidelines for Maintenance and Service of Unpaved Roads, USEPA
  • American Planning Association
  • Model Vegetated Buffer Ordinance, SC Dept. of Health and Environmental Control
• Stormwater Utilities

  • Stormwater Magazine articles on financing stormwater utilities
    • Designing Stormwater User Fees: Issues and Options
    • The Stormwater Utility: Will it Work for Your Community?
    • Buddy Can You Spare a Dime? What's Stormwater Funding?
  • Model Stormwater Utility Ordinance
• Riparian Protection

  • MN Shoreland Management Resource Guide
  • Tax incentives for shoreline protection, Burnett County, WI
• Shoreline restoration resources, Burnett County, WI
• Chesapeake Bay Riparian Handbook, USEPA Chesepeake Bay Program Office
• Riparian Owner's Guidebook, Annis Water Resources Institute, GVSU
• Stream Corridor Restoration (SCR), Federal Interagency SCR Working Group
• Riparian Restoration Roundtable Resources
• BMPs

  • The BMP Toolkit, Municipal Technical Advisory Service
  • BMP Manual, City of Knoxville, TN
  • Urban Small Sites BMP Manual, Twin Cities Metropolitan Council
  • New York State Stormwater Management Design Manual, New York State
  • Caltrans Stormwater Management Management Program: Research and Education
  • California Stormwater Quality Association BMP Handbooks
  • Green Grid, Roy F. Weston
  • Technical References, USDA NRCS
  • Grasspave: Invisible Stormwater Structures
  • Cooling the City with Green Rooftops, Great Lakes Radio Consortium Story
  • Watershed Technology Electronic Catalog, USDA NRCS
  • Stormwater Resources Library
  • National Menu of BMPs for Stormwater Phase II, USEPA Office of Water
  • National Management Measures to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Agriculture, USEPA
  • Stormwater Innovative Design: The Role of the Landscape Architect, Stormwater Magazine
  • Methods of Sizing Water Quality Facilities, Stormwater Magazine
  • Road Construction and Maintenance, USEPA
  • National Highway Runoff Water Quality Data and Methodology Synthesis, USGS
  • Stormwater Authority
• Erosion and Sedimentation Control

  • Stormwater Program for Construction Activity, MN Pollution Control Agency
  • Land Development Manual, City of Knoxville, TN
  • Erosion Prevention and Sediment Contol Field Guide, KY Division of Water
  • A Soil Bioengineering Guide for Streambank and Lakeshore Stabilization, US Forest Service
  • Vegetated Riparian Buffers and Buffer Ordinances, SC Dept. of Health and Environmental Control
  • Winter Construction Pamphlet, VT Water Quality Division (pdf link at bottom of page)
  • Steps for Erosion and Sediment Control during Construction, StormwaterAuthority.org
• Storm Drain Stenciling

  • Storm Drain Marking in Fort Worth, Texas
  • das Manufacturing Curb Markers
• Modeling

  • Watershed & Water Quality Modeling Technical Support Center, USEPA Ecosystems Research Division
  • Watershed Tracking and Environmental Results, USEPA Office of Water
  • WATERSHEDS, Water, Soil Hydro- Environmental Decision Support System, NCSU
• Low Impact Development (LID)

  • Puget Sound Action Team LID
  • LID Center
  • Protecting our Waters: A Guide to Responsible Development within the Milwaukee River Basin
  • Environmentally Sensitive Design Practices Database
  • Stormwater and Better Site Design, Etowah Habitat Conservation Plan
  • LID Literature Review, USEPA
  • The LID Approach, NRDC
  • Selected LID Reference Materials, CE News
  • Urban Design Tools, LID Center
  • LID Development Strategy for Green Cove Basin, City of Olympic, WA
  • Pavements that are Stormwater Management Friendly, Land Development Today
  • Better Site Design, Builders for the Bay
• Etc.
• An Internet Guide to Financing Stormwater Management
• Capacity Building, USEPA Office of Water
• Section 319 Success Stories Vol. 3, USEPA Office of Water
• Watershed Academy Web, USEPA

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State and Federal Agencies

Data Sources and Other Links

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Educational Videos

Watershed Glossaries