Useful Links
Additional Information
Additional information regarding the County’s Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program and Management Plan include:
- National Pollutant Discharge eliminate System (NPDES) [PDF]
- Storm Water Mgmt & Discharge Control - Board Item [PDF]
- Storm Water Mgmt & Discharge Control - Ordinance [PDF]
- 2007 Improvement Standard Update [PDF]
- County Storm Water Management Plan [PDF]
Regulatory Agencies
- State Water Resources Control Board
- Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
- California Dept. of Pesticide Regulation
Irrigation Districts and Water Agencies
- Modesto irrigation District
- Turlock Irrigation District
- Oakdale Irrigation District
- South San Joaquin Irrigation District
- Merced Irrigation District
- Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA)
Cities
- City of Stockton
- City of Modesto
- City of Patterson
- City of Ceres
- City of Escalon
- City of Turlock
- City of Oakdale
- City of Ripon
- City of Lathrop
- City of Manteca
- City of Salida
- City of Merced
San Joaquin River sites
Farm Bureaus and Farm Coalitions
Water Quality Coalitions
Local Water Quality Coalitions are groups of dischargers who are approved by the RWQCB to combine resources and comply with an Irrigated Lands Conditional Waiver.
- East San Joaquin Water Quality Coalition
Represents dischargers who own and operate irrigated lands east of the San Joaquin River within Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties and portions of Calaveras County. - South San Joaquin Water Quality Coalition
Serves the Tulare Lake Basin watershed from the San Joaquin River south to the Tehachapi Mountains. - Westside San Joaquin River Watershed Coalition [PDF]
- San Joaquin County & Delta Water Quality Coalition [PDF]
Education and Research links
- Coalition for Urban/Rural Environmental Stewardship (CURES)
- UC Davis IPM Program
- UC Cooperative Extension Land, Air and Water Resources (LAWR)
- UC Davis Agricultural and Natural Resources Catalog
- Stanislaus County UC Cooperative Extension
- San Joaquin County UC Cooperative Extension
- Merced County UC Cooperative Extension
- California Storm Water Quality Association
- California Data Exchange Center
- SWRCB Erase the Waste Campaign
Other Useful Educational & Research links
- 1-800-Clean-Up
- Adopt-A-Watershed
- Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA)
- Calaveras River Watershed Stewardship Group
- California Dept. of Fish and Game
- California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB)
- California Stormwater Quality Association
- California Water Environment Association (CWEA)
- Central Valley Regional Water Board
- Department of Water Resources
- Environmental Protection Agency
- EPA Drinking Water for Kids (games and online activities)
- Green Teacher
- Household Hazardous Waste Facility
- Mercury-specific Information
- National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Our Water - Our World
- River of Words
- State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB)
- US Fish & Wildlife Service
- US Geological Survey – Water Awareness for Schools
- Water Education Foundation
