The Nevada Department of Transportation has prepared two Water Quality Manuals, the Planning and Design Guide and the Construction Site Best Management Practices Manual, to assist in compliance with the Clean Water Act, as well as state and local regulations. These manuals are not intended to establish a legal standard of care of conduct. These manuals are subject to modification, revision, and addendum as conditions warrant.
For questions or concerns regarding either of these documents, please refer to the acknowledgements pages in each manual to contact a program representative, or contact the NDOT Hydraulics Section at (775) 888-7619.
The NDOT Construction Site Best Management Practices Manual is available for purchase. The cost is $30.00. Contact NDOT Administrative Services at (775) 888-7070. Updates to this manual will be listed as addendums and posted for download from this website. Notification of posted updates will not be provided.
2006 Planning and Design Guide
The Planning and Design Guide (PDG) manual, part of NDOT's water quality, erosion, and sediment
control program, provides information and procedures relevant to the storm water activities and
responsibilities of the Nevada Department of Transportation. The PDG addresses key regulatory,
policy, and technical requirements to incorporate permanent storm water Best Management Practices
into the planning and design of applicable NDOT projects. If you have a 2004 Planning and Design Guide,
please download the manual revision
addendum here.
- Acknowledgements (92 kb)
- Table of Contents (63 kb)
- Section 1-Introduction (218 kb)
- Section 2-Storm Water Quality Considerations during Project Planning (231 kb)
- Section 3-Storm Water Quality Considerations during Project Design (543 kb)
- Section 4-Guidance for Selection and Design of Permanent BMPs (377 kb)
- Appendix A-Environmental Categorization Score Sheet and TRPA documents and forms (766 kb)
- Appendix B-Working Details for Permanent BMPs (2.6 MB)
- Appendix C-Design Examples for Permanent Treatment BMPs (169 kb)
- Appendix D-Relevant Storm Water Documents and Web Sites (112 kb)
2006 Construction Site Best Management Practices
This manual, part of NDOT's statewide effort to prevent pollution in storm water runoff from
construction projects, addresses minimum contractor requirements for selecting, implementing
and maintaining Construction Site Best Management Practices. If you have a 2004 Construction
Site Best Management Practices manual, please download the manual revision
addendum here. A condensed version of this manual was created for construction crew inspectors. The
Field Manual contains
conventional BMP fact sheets required for Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan compliance on NDOT
projects. This manual is not available for purchase however is available for download.
For construction projects advertised prior to January 2006, the
2004 Construction Site Best Management Practices
Manual may have been required by the specifications as a contract document.
- Acknowledgements (90 kb)
- Table of Contents (53 kb)
- Section 1-Introduction (100 kb)
- Section 2-Selecting and Implementing Construction Site Best Management Practices (628 kb)
- Section 3-Temporary Soil Stabilization (2.1 MB)
- Section 4-Temporary Sediment Control (1.9 MB)
- Section 5-Tracking Control (585 kb)
- Section 6-Non-Storm Water Management (2.5 MB)
- Section 7-Waste Management and Materials Pollution Control (898 kb)
- Appendix A-Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Definition of Terms (101 kb)
- Appendix B-Storn Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) Template (386 kb)
Important Note: User is not obligated to use the SWPPP template in these manuals. Electronic SWPPP Template can be found at: http://ndep.nv.gov/bwpc/storm01.htm. NDEP's Temporary Working in Waterways forms can be found at http://ndep.nv.gov/bwpc/forms.htm.
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