San Joaquin County Resource Conservation District Online Library

Title: Mokelumne River Watershed Owner's Manual
PDF Version:    915 KB  
Author: John Brodie
Collaborating Authors: Alyson McCann, Carl DuPoldt, Carolyn Johnson, Bill McGowan,
Barbara Kneen Avery, Elaine Andrews, Karen Filchak, Richard Castelnuovo, Dean Solomon, Shirley Niemeyer, Michael P. Vogel, and Kathleen Parrott
Editor: John Brodie
Publisher: The San Joaquin County Resource Conservation District
Copywrite Date: 2002
Adaptation: The Mokelumne River Watershed Owner's Manual was adapted with permission from Home*A*Syst: An Environmental Risk Assessment Guide for the Home © 1997 by the Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, and with the cooperation of the Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service. The original authors of that publication are listed as collaborating authors here.
Permissions: Requests to reprint parts or all of the Mokelumne River Watershed Owner's Manual should be directed to the San Joaquin County Resource Conservation District 1222 Monaco Court #23 Stockton, California 95207 (209)-946-6241 or via e-mail through its website at www.sjcrcd.org
URL: http://www.sjcrcd.org/articles/ownersmanual.asp
Table of Contents
Introduction
1
Section 1: Physical Characteristics of Your Homesite
2
Mokelumne River Watershed Depth to Groundwater Map
4
Section 2: Stormwater Management
6
Section 3: Drinking Water Well Management
12
Section 4: Household Wastewater
18
Section 5: Managing Household Hazardous Products
27
Hazardous Products Example and Inventory
34
Section 6: Yard and Garden Care
37
Section 7: Liquid Fuels: Safe Management of Gasoline, Heating Oil, Diesel, and Other Fuel
44
Section 8: Managing Household Waste: Preventing, Reusing,
Recyclcing, and Composting
48
What Can You Recycle
52
Section 9: Special Considerations
54
Contacts for More Information
65
Glossary