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Urban Subwatershed Restoration Manual 8: Pollution Source Control Practices

Published on April 15, 2026
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Pollution Source Control Practices (February 2005) is Manual 8 in the Urban Subwatershed Restoration Manual (USRM) Series. Developed by the Center for Watershed Protection, the
topic of the eighth manual is a wide range of
stewardship and pollution prevention practices
that can be employed in subwatersheds. The
manual presents several methods to assess
subwatershed pollution sources in order to
develop and target education and/or enforcement
efforts that can prevent or reduce polluting
behaviors and operations. The manual outlines
more than 100 different “carrot” and “stick”
options that can be used for this purpose. Lastly,
the manual presents profile sheets that describe
21 specific stewardship practices for residential
neighborhoods, and 15 pollution prevention
techniques for control of stormwater hotspots.

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