Information Resources
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Contact your local Cooperative Extension office and the affiliated Master Gardener groups for information on landscape management. Your local Department of Health and Environmental Control office can provide information on nonpoint source pollution and regulations regarding stormwater management for construction projects. Contact your local Natural Resources Conservation Services office for information on stormwater management.
Action Checklist
Your goal is to lower your risks. In the Action Checlist on this page, record your medium and high risk practices. Use the recommendations in Part 2.2 to help reduce your risks.
Go back over the assessment tables to ensure that all medium and high risks you identified ar recorded in the following checklist. For each medium and high risk, write down the improvements you plan to make. Use recommendations from this chapter and other resources to deicide on actions your are likely to complete. A target date will keep you on schedule. You don't have to do everything at once, but try to eliminate the most serious risks as soon as you can. Often it helps to tackle the inexpensive actions first.
Stormwater Management
| Write all high and medium risks below. | What can you do to reduce the risk | Set target for action |
| Sample: pet wastes left in areas where runoff occurs | Bury wastes away from gardens, wells, ditches or areas where children play | One week from today: April 8 |
Additional Resources
Bay book: A Guide to Reducing Water Pollution at
Home (1993), is available from the Chesapeake Regional Information Service (CRIS), a
project of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, 6600 York Rd., Baltimore, MD 21212; (800)
662-2747.
Citizen's Guide to Stormwater Pollution offers information on preventing stormwater pollution. To request a copy, contact the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control at (803) 734-8910.
The following publications are available from:
Clemson University Cooperative Extension
Bulletin Room
82 Poole Agricultural Center
Clemson, SC 29634-0311
(864) 656-3261
Landscape Management Checklist: Preventing Home
Moisture Damage (HL 234)
Big Ten Checklist (HL 238)