CA NEMO Partnership Resource List

Start at the Source: Design Guidance Manual for Stormwater Quality Protection (1999), and the companion handbook, Using Start at the Source to Comply with Development Standards (2003). By the Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association (BASMAA). Download at http://www.scvurppp-w2k.com/basmaa_satsm.htm

Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs) Handbooks (2003), by the California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA). These four handbooks include a New Development and Redevelopment Handbook. Download at http://www.cabmphandbooks.com/

Better Site Design: A Handbook for Changing Development Rules in Your Community (1998).
Consensus Agreement on Model Development Principles to Protect Our Streams, Lakes, & Wetlands (1991). Publications by the Center for Watershed Protection; order at http://centerforwatershedprotection.goemerchant7.com/

The Model Urban Runoff Program: A How-to Guide for Developing Urban Runoff Programs for Small Municipalities. Download from the California Coastal Commission website at http://www.coastal.ca.gov/la/murp.html

Clearing and Grading Strategies for Urban Watersheds (1995), by The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Order at http://www.mwcog.org/publications/

Wildlife Reserves and Corridors in the Urban Environment: A Guide to Ecological Landscape Planning and Resource Conservation (1989), by Lowell Adams and Louise Dove. Order from the Urban Wildlife Resources Bookstore at http://users.erols.com/urbanwildlife/bookstor.htm

Growing Greener: Putting Conservation into Local Codes (1997), by Randall Arendt. Download at Natural Lands Trust, Inc. Download at www.natlands.org/pdffiles/growinggreener.pdf

Institutional Aspects of Urban Runoff Management: A Guide for Program Development and Implementation (1997), by Eric Livingston and Earl Shaver. Order from the Watershed Management Institute at http://home.att.net/~ericlivingston/

The Low Impact Development Center www.lowimpactdevelopment.org

Low-Impact Development Design Strategies: An Integrated Design Approach (EPA-841-B-00-003).
Low-Impact Development Hydrologic Analysis (EPA-841-B-00-002). By the Prince George's County, Maryland, Department of Environmental Resources. Both publications can be ordered free of charge through EPA’s National Service Center for Environmental Publications at www.epa.gov/ncepihom/index.htm

Residential Streets (2001), published by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Order at http://www.pubs.asce.org/BOOKdisplay.cgi?9991135

Street Design Guidelines for Healthy Neighborhoods, by the Local Government Commission’s Center for Livable Communities. Order at http://www.lgc.org/bookstore/land_use/publications/healthystreets.html

The Congress for the New Urbanism. www.sonic.net/abcaia/narrow.htm

Guidance Specifying Management Measures for Sources of Nonpoint Pollution in Coastal Waters (1993). National Management Measures to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Urban Areas (updated version). Publications by the U.S. EPA. Download at http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/urbanmm/index.html

Second Nature: Adapting LA’s Landscape for Sustainable Living (1999), by TreePeople. Order at http://www.treepeople.org/vfp.dll?OakTree~getPage~&PNPK=21

The California NEMO Partnership is a charter member of the National NEMO Network.