Library of Resources

Most of these materials can be downloaded from this page. Call (510) 670-5262 or contact us if you want to receive print versions of these materials. Residents and businesses in Alameda County can receive limited quantities of these materials free of charge.

• Pollution Prevention
  

• Reports and Publications

• Additional Resources: newsletters, outside links, etc.

Pollution Prevention Information

For Residents

• Fund Raising Carwash flyer

Your Lawn and Garden

• Controlling Aphids
• Controlling Ants | Hormigas (Espanol)
• Controlling Snails and Slugs
• Healthy Garden: Manage Pests Naturally
• Controlling Fleas | Pulgas (Espanol)
• Less-toxic Pest Management: Wonderful Roses
• Controlling Yellowjackets | Avispas Amarillas (Espanol)
• Living with Spiders
• Tips for a Healthy Beautiful Lawn
• Safe Use and Disposal of Pesticides | Pesticidas (Espanol)
• Less-toxic Pest Management: Control Weeds

Around Your Home

• Keeping Cockroaches Out | Cucarachas (Espanol)
• Tips for a Healthy Beautiful Lawn
• Safe Use and Disposal of Pesticides
• Problem Pesticides | Pesticidas que causan problemas
• Pools, Spas, and Fountain Maintenance

Materials for Children

• A Kids Guide to Backyard Bugs
• Activity Book About Clean Water

For Businesses

General Business

• Good Housekeeping Practices
• Landscape and Grounds Maintenance
• Parking Lots
• Outdoor Storage of Dry Materials
• Outdoor Storage of Liquid Materials
• Starting a New Business?
• Urban Pollution Prevention is Everyone's Business flyer
• Mercury Lamp Factsheet
• Mobile Cleaners
• Mobile Pet Cleaners
• Carpet Cleaners
• BMPs for Industrial Storm Water Pollution Control
• Tips for Commercial Property Owners & Managers
• Clean it Right
• School Facilities Best Management Practices (BMPs)
• Tips for a Cleaner Bay: How Your Business Can Prevent Stormwater Pollution. English | Spanish

Automotive Industry

• Vehicle Service Facilities: Best Management Practices (English) - Spanish - Chinese - Vietnamese 
• Retail Gas Outlets
• Your Shop Can Make a Difference
• Guidelines for Vehicle Service Facilities
  • Engine & Parts Cleaning & Radiator Flushing
  • Washing Cars and Other Vehicles
  • Changing Oil and Other Fluids
  • Keeping a Clean Shop
  • Body Work
  • Tips for Managers of Vehicle Service Facilities

Construction Industry

• Building Maintenance and Remodeling
• Finish the Pour Right
• Resurfacing and Paving Operations
• Erosion Control Standards

Development and Redevelopment

• Start at the Source - Design Guidance Manual for Stormwater Quality Protection (1999)
• February 13, 2007 Workshop: "Implementing C.3 Stormwater Requirement." - Agenda - Presentations:
  • Water Board Staff’s Perspective on Implementing Provision C.3 - Janet O'Hara
  • Overview of ACCWP’s C.3 Stormwater Technical Guidance - Laura Prickett
  • Using Site Designs to Protect Water Quality - Clark Wilson
  • Using the Stormwater Treatment Measure Guidance – for Planners - Ed Boscacci
  • Hydromodification Management (HM) – for Planners - Arleen Feng
  • Using the Stormwater Treatment Measure Guidance – for Engineers - Ed Boscacci
  • Hydromodification Management (HM) – for Engineers - Arleen Feng and Gary Palhegyi
  • Using the Planting Guidance in the C.3 Stormwater Technical Guidance - Sarah Sutton
  • University Village: Integrating Stormwater Controls in the Project Design - Greg Haet
  • Exercise Incorporating Stormwater Controls in a Development Project - Ed Boscacci
• Workshop Presentations: Inspecting Construction of Permanent Stormwater Treatment Measures (March 19 and 20 2008)
  • Title Slides
  • Inspection of Stormwater Treatment Measures - Selina Louie, SF Bay Water Board
  • Inspection Checklist Overview - Ed Boscacci, Jr, BKF Engineers
  • Inspecting of Landscaping in Stormwater Treatment Measures - Sarah Sutton, Design, Community & Environment
  • Emeryville, Stormwater Construction - Peter Schultze-Allen, City of Emeryville
  • Inspecting the Installation of Permanent Stormwater Treatment Measures - Tim Berger, City of Fremont
  
  
• Food Service Industry
• Stormwater BMPs for Supermarkets and Grocery Stores
• Restaurants Fact sheet
• Restaurant BMP guide: English | Spanish | Chinese | Vietnamese
• Less-toxic Pest Management: Ants
• Less-toxic Pest Management: Cockroaches?
• Clean it Right!
• Don't Set a Table for Pests: English | Spanish

Reports and Publications

This section lists some of the more frequently requested reports and other Program documents.

Stormwater Plan, Permit, and General Progam Annual Reports

• Revised Hydrograph Modification Management provisions (3/14/07)
• Storm Water Quality Management Plan for FY 2002-2008
• Reissued Stormwater Discharge Permit (2/19/03)

• Work Plan for Implementation of Permit Provision C.10 "Specific Pollutants of Concern" (5/28/03)
  
• Watershed Management Integration Report (2/18/04)
  
• Hydrograph Modification Management Plan "HMP" (5/15/05):
  • Part A: General Provisions
  • Part B: Design Guidance and Technical Reference
  • Part C: Appendices
    (contents page)‚ (portions of draft)
• Fiscal Year 2005/06 Annual Report
  

Water Quality and Pollutants of Concern

Characterization and distribution

• Initial Characterization of PCB, Mercury, and PAH Contamination in the Drainages of Western Alameda County, CA (sediment)
• 2000-01 Alameda County Watershed Sediment Sampling Program: Two-Year Summary and Analysis
• Analysis of 2000-01 Source Investigations in Ettie Street Pump Station and Glen Echo Creek Watersheds, Oakland, California (sediment)

• Diazinon in Surface Waters in the San Francisco Bay Area
• Castro Valley Creek Water Quality Monitoring 2003-2004 (copper)

Management strategies

• Review of Source Control Options for Selected Particulate-Associated TMDL Pollutants

Monitoring and Assessment

• Multi-Year Plan for Monitoring and Assessment (May 2003)
• Monitoring MYP Updates and Annual Workplans
  FY 2004/2005 workplan (February 2004)
  FY 2005/2006 workplan (February 2005)
  FY 2006/2007 workplan (March 2006)

Watersheds

• Creek Care Guide
• Living Together in the San Lorenzo Creek Watershed

Additional Resources

Related Information from Other Sources
Below are a few links for useful materials that are produced independently of the ACCWP. Please do not try to order these from ACCWP.

• California Stormwater BMP Manual and Handbooks: How to order
• Erosion Control Standards: How to order
• Regional Monitoring Program (pollutants and conditions in SF Bay)
• Clean Estuary Partnership (pollutant reduction strategies and TMDL development)

ACCWP Technical Reports in Hard Copy
Additional technical reports are available in hard copy for a nominal fee. To order, fill out and send our order form with a check to cover reproduction and shipping costs as noted.

• Technical Reports - List of Technical Reports through 2001, with prices for each.