Stormwater | Mendocino County, CA

ILLICIT DISCHARGE COMPLAINT PROCEDURE

Notice an illicit discharge and/or pollutants along a roadway and/or entering the County storm drain system? Pollutants may include: oil, wastewater, litter, sediment, or any unknown material.

You can report any such problems by calling the Illicit Discharge Complaint Hotline:

(707) 234-6679

Be prepared with your name, date of incident/activity observed, address/location of the activity, and a description of the incident/activity observed.

Please refer to the following Illicit Discharge Tracking Sheet used by Code Enforcement personnel to log the complaint to see what information you will be asked to provide:

Illicit Discharge Tracking Sheet

If hazardous materials appear to be present and/or the incident/activity is observed after 5pm or on the weekend, call 911, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office, or Howard Forest Incident Command.

Mendocino County Sheriff's Office: (707) 463-4411
Howard Forest Cal Fire Station: (707) 459 7414

MANUALS AND WORKSHEETS

Mendocino County Low Impact Development (LID) Manual 2021 (MS4 permit)

Index of parcels subject to MS4 Ordinance. Ukiah or Fort Bragg.
Maps of MS4 Stormwater permitting areas. Ukiah or Fort Bragg.

ANNUAL STORMWATER REPORTS

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT REFERENCE MATERIALS

HELPFUL STORMWATER HANDOUTS - RESIDENTIAL

HELPFUL STORMWATER HANDOUTS - COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

HELPFUL STORMWATER HANDOUTS - CONSTRUCTION

HELPFUL STORMWATER HANDOUTS - GENERAL

LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT (LID)

Low Impact Development (LID) Fact Sheet
LID Fact Sheet #1: Challenges the perception that LID isn't worthwhile and provides general background information that outlines hydrologic and economic benefits provided by LID.
- Benefits of LID: How LID Can Protect your Community's Resources
LID Fact Sheet #2: Addresses LID’s place in the jumble of terms for managing the environmental impacts of growth that coexist today and describes and distinguishes these terms
- Terminology of LID: Distinguishing LID from other Techniques that Address Community Growth Issues (PDF)
LID Fact Sheet #3: Challenges the perception that LID is too expensive.
- Costs of LID: LID Saves Money and Protects Your Community's Resources (PDF)
LID Fact Sheet #4: Challenges the perception that LID is unattractive.
- Aesthetics of LID: LID Technologies Can Benefit Your Community's Visual Environment (PDF)
LID Fact Sheet #5: Challenges the perception that LID doesn't work
- Effectiveness of LID: Proven LID Technologies Can Work for Your Community (PDF)
LID Fact Sheet #6: Challenges the perception that LID is too hard or costly to maintain
- Maintenance of LID: Communities Are Easily Managing LID Practices (PDF)(2 pp, 1.7MB)
LID Fact Sheet #7: Highlights incentive strategies to catalyze LID
- Encouraging LID: Incentives Can Encourage Adoption of LID Practices in your Community (PDF)

PARTNERSHIPS

North Coast Stormwater Coalition - The North Coast Stormwater Coalition is comprised of stormwater management staff from the participating Cities and Counties on California's north coast, as well as local, state and federal agency representatives, non-profit organizations, tribes, the CA State and Regional Water Boards, consultants, engineers, graduate students, and interested community members. http://www.northcoaststormwatercoalition.org/

Russian River Watershed Association - The Russian River Watershed Association is a coalition of eleven cities, counties and special districts in the Russian River Watershed that have come together to coordinate regional programs for clean water, fisheries restoration and watershed enhancement. http://www.rrwatershed.org/