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Muddy Water Watch

Muddy Water Watch Manual and Handbook

Your interactive guide to the Muddy Water Watch Program

Table of Contents (click here)

How to Use this Manual to Monitor Mud (click here)

Introduction (click here)

     - Our Mission (sponsors and partners), project overview and objectives for the Muddy Water Watch program.

Evaluating a Site (click here)

     - How to identify and find construction sites, document, evaluate and report your findings.

Enforcement Authority (click here)

     - Who is responsible for Enforcement? View a detailed map of enforcers for North Carolina.

Regulation and Enforcement (click here)

     - Learn what laws govern construction projects and who enforces those laws (also seen enforcement authority below). Browse an overview of the Sedimentation and Pollution Control Act as well as the water quality classifications for North Carolina.

Site Report Card (click here)

     - For a direct link to the Muddy Water Watch web site online reporting system click here.

BMP's (click here)

     - Check out soil facts and the basics behind the North Carolina Sedimentation Pollution Control Act. Learn the differences between sediment and erosion control and the different measures that can be taken with each.

How to Use Website (click here)

     - View this powerpoint for a step by step view of how to submit a pollution report.

For more information click here to link to the main Muddy Water Watch Web site