Guidelines for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control

Connecticut Guidelines for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Connecticut Council on Soil and Water Conservation have collaborated to prepare the revised for the Connecticut Guidelines for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control (below) and the Connecticut Stormwater Quality Manual. .

The revisions to these documents include:

• Reformatting the Stormwater Quality Manual to focus on function
• Updating the 90th percentile water quality storm and design storms with more recent data.
• Including the Environmental Protection Agency’s performance curves to aide in evaluating the appropriate selection and sizing of best management practices for site-specific conditions.
• Incorporating updated Low Impact Development guidance into the body of the document to be consistent with permit requirements
• Adding workflow processes and checklists to streamline site design to meet a variety of stormwater quality programs and promote site design to preserve on site assets.
• Updating technical design details.
• Updates to provide better consistency between the two guidance documents.

Updated Connecticut Guidelines for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control

Download the Full Connecticut Guidelines for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control 

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

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

Content Last Updated March 30, 2026