Stormwater Best Management Practices

Whether you’re a contractor, business owner, or homeowner, these resources show simple ways to manage stormwater, prevent pollution, and care for the environment. From construction site tips to home maintenance and landscaping ideas, this page has everything you need to do your part. Let’s work together to keep our rivers, lakes, and streets clean and healthy!

• Construction Site Stormwater Guide – Illustrated BMPs (ACWA)
• Sediment Fact Sheet for Businesses
• Maintain Construction Site BMPs Poster
• Erosion and Sediment Control Fact Sheet

• Landscape Maintenace
• Illicit Discharge Minimization Best Management Practices Manual
• Hazardous Waste Management | Deschutes County Oregon
• Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning
• Restaurants/Food Service – Clean It Right
• Restaurant/Food Service Poster

• Porous Pavement Maintenance
• Sediment Manhole Maintenance
• Rain Garden Maintenance
• Drywell Fact Sheet
• Catch Basins Fact Sheet

• Better Site Design tour booklet
• Central Oregon Stormwater Manual
• Oregon Rain Garden Guide (OSU)
• Additional Learning

• Clean Water Tips
• Pressure Washing and Surface Cleaning Homeowners Guide
• Solve Pest Problems (oregonstate.edu)
• Plastic chemical toxicity polluting our waters
• Learn to keep lead out of your water
• Protecting your water through better landscape design
• RV Waste Disposal Guide
• Homeowner spills and leak guide

• Stormwater & Pollution – Creating a Clean Water Future
• Stormwater Pollution Prevention – Lawn Care
• Stormwater Smart – Stormwater Pollution