This outline was extracted from materials developed by the Center for Watershed Protection, located in Ellicott City, Maryland. The complete text is located at the EPA website.

Outline of Solutions

1. Land Use Planning Techniques
   1. Watershed-Based Zoning
   2. Overlay Zoning
   3. Incentive Zoning
   4. Performance Zoning
   5. Urban Growth Boundaries
   6. Infill Communityh Redevelopment
   7. Transfer of Development Rights
2. Land Conservation to sustain the ecosystem
   1. Critical habitats
   2. Aquatic corridors
   3. Hydrologic reserve areas
   4. Water pollution hazards
   5. Cultural areas
3. Aquatic Buffers
   1. Identification of protected areas
   2. Management of buffers and crossings
   3. Long term maintainance
   4. Calculation of pollution removal
4. Better Site Design
   1. Residential streets and parking lots
   2. Lot development
   3. Conservation of natural areas
5. Erosion and Sediment Control
   1. Minimize clearing
   2. Timely stabilization of soil
   3. Sedimentation basins and silt fences
   4. Effective installation and maintenance
   5. Incentives
6. Stormwater Management Practices
   1. Ponds
   2. Wetlands
   3. Infiltration
   4. Filtering systems
   5. Grassed channels
7. Non-Stormwater Discharges
   1. Septic Systems
   2. Sanitary sewers
   3. Other non-stormwter discharges
      • industrial NPDES discharges
      • urban "return flows" (discharges caused by activities such as car washing and watering lawns)
      • runoff from confined animal feeding lots
8. Watershed Stewardship Programs
   1. Watershed advocacy
   2. Watershed education
      • watershed awareness
      • personal stewardship
      • professional training
      • watershed engagement
   3. Watershed maintenance
   4. Pollution prevention
   5. Indicator monitoring
   6. Watershed restoration
      • stormwater retrofitting
      • source control through pollution prevention
      • stream enhancement