Draft Guidance Revisions & Supporting Materials

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the Connecticut Council on Soil and Water Conservation have collaborated to prepare the draft updates for the Connecticut Guidelines for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control and the Connecticut Stormwater Quality Manual. We will be sharing a more updates in the near future. These updates will be posted to this webpage and shared with the Water Quality List Serve. 

The final revised versions of the Stormwater Quality Manual and the Guidelines for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control will be posted at the respective links for a September 30th publication date.

Upcoming Webinars: 

Stay tuned for more information.

Past Webinars

Tuesday, September 26^th, 2023 1:00PM. The University of Connecticut's Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO) has teamed up with DEEP to help provide more information and insight into the revised Manual and what it means for you. A recording of this overview webinar can be viewed here.

February 22, 2023 2:00-3:30 PM. A informational webinar was held on to provide an overview of the drafted revisions and answer any questions in support of the public comment period. The meeting materials and recording are available below:   

• Presentation
• Meeting Recording
  

Response to Comments

CT DEEP, The Council on Soil and Water Conservation and the Manuals Working Group would like to thank everyone who took time to review and contribute to this process. We are pleased to share that we collected over 110 comments. Thanks to your collaboration we have prepared the following Response to Comments. The drafts below will be maintained here for archival purposes only.

Draft Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Guidelines

Download the Full Draft Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Guidelines

Or choose one or more of the specifics sections to download separately:

• Draft Title Page, Acknowledgements and Table of Contents
• Draft Chapters 1 (Purpose and Function of Guidelines) & 2  (The Erosion and Sedimentation Process)
• Draft Chapters 3 (Erosion and Sediment Control Plans) & 4 (Construction Phasing and Sequencing, and Special Treatments)
• Draft Chapter 5 (The Functional Groups and Measures)
• Draft Appendices 

Draft Connecticut Stormwater Quality Manual

Download the Full Draft Connecticut Stormwater Quality Manual

Or choose one or more of the specific sections to download separately:

• Draft Title Page, Acknowledgements and Table of Contents
• Draft Background Chapters 1-3 (Introduction, Stormwater Impacts, and Preventing and Mitigating Stormwater Impacts)
• Draft Design Chapters (Set 1) 4-7 (Stormwater Management Standards and Criteria, Low Impact Development Site Planning and Design Strategies, Source Control Practices and Pollution Prevention, and Overview of Structural Stormwater Best Management Practices)
• Draft Design Chapters (Set 2) 8-11 (Selection Considerations for Stormwater BMPS, Stormwater Retrofits, General Guidance for Stormwater Infiltration Systems and Proprietary Stormwater BMPs)
• Draft Design Chapters (Set 3) 12 (Stormwater Management Plan) and 13 (Structural Stormwater BMP Guidance)
• Draft Appendices

Content last updated September 28, 2023