Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook

The Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook

DCR published the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook in 1992 to provide guidance for all state erosion and sediment control programs. It covers basic concepts, measure design, installation, maintenance, plan review procedures and administrative guidelines to support compliance with the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Law and Regulations. It's available for free download by chapter or section below, or can be ordered in hard copy by filling in and mailing this form.

Because of bandwidth limitations, the ESC Handbook is broken up by chapter. It cannot be downloaded as a whole because of file size limitations (i.e., it is more than 90 megs total, and few connections or application could deliver such a file intact). If you'd like to order a hard copy of the handbook, please click here for the order form. It is also strongly advised that you save the files you download to your computer's hard drive rather than trying to open them from the download site. Trying to open them is much more likely to cause your computer to "hang" during the opening of the document. To save them locally, right-click with your mouse, pick Save Target As, and direct the file to a local folder.

By Chapter

Virginia Uniform Coding System for Erosion and Sediment Control Practices - ESC Symbols
Bibliography.pdf- Bibliography
Chapter 1.pdf- Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2.pdf - Chapter 2 - Principles, Practices, & Costs
Chapter 3 - State Specifications (the following downloads are the 40 subsections that constitute Chapter 3)
Chapter 3 Index.pdf- Chapter 3 Index
Chapter 3 - 3.01.pdf - 3.01 Safety Fence
Chapter 3 - 3.02.pdf - 3.02 Construction Entrance
Chapter 3 - 3.03.pdf - 3.03 Construction Road Stabilization
Chapter 3 - 3.04.pdf - 3.04 Straw Bale Barrier
Chapter 3 - 3.05.pdf - 3.05 Silt Fence
Chapter 3 - 3.06.pdf - 3.06 Brush Barrier
Chapter 3 - 3.07.pdf - 3.07 Storm Drain Inlet Protection
Chapter 3 - 3.08.pdf - 3.08 Culvert Inlet Protection
Chapter 3 - 3.09.pdf - 3.09 Temporary Diversion Dike
Chapter 3 - 3.10.pdf - 3.10 Temporary Fill Diversion
Chapter 3 - 3.11.pdf - 3.11 Temporary Right-of-Way Diversion
Chapter 3 - 3.12.pdf - 3.12 Diversion
Chapter 3 - 3.13.pdf - 3.13 Temporary Sediment Trap
Chapter 3 - 3.14.pdf - 3.14 Temporary Sediment Basin
Chapter 3 - 3.15.pdf - 3.15 Temporary Slope Drain
Chapter 3 - 3.16.pdf - 3.16 Paved Flume
Chapter 3 - 3.17.pdf - 3.17 Stormwater Conveyance Channel
Chapter 3 - 3.18.pdf - 3.18 Outlet Protection
Chapter 3 - 3.19.pdf - 3.19 Riprap
Chapter 3 - 3.20.pdf - 3.20 Rock Check Dams
Chapter 3 - 3.21.pdf - 3.21 Level Spreader
Chapter 3 - 3.22.pdf - 3.22 Vegetative Streambank Stabilization
Chapter 3 - 3.23.pdf - 3.23 Structural Streambank Stabilization
Chapter 3 - 3.24.pdf - 3.24 Temporary Vehicular Stream Crossing
Chapter 3 - 3.25.pdf - 3.25 Utility Stream Crossing
Chapter 3 - 3.26.pdf - 3.26 Dewatering Structure
Chapter 3 - 3.27.pdf - 3.27 Turbidity Curtain
Chapter 3 - 3.28.pdf - 3.28 Subsurface Drain
Chapter 3 - 3.29.pdf - 3.29 Surface Roughening
Chapter 3 - 3.30.pdf - 3.30 Topsoiling
Chapter 3 - 3.31.pdf - 3.31 Temporary Seeding
Chapter 3 - 3.32.pdf - 3.32 Permanent Seeding
Chapter 3 - 3.33.pdf - 3.33 Sodding
Chapter 3 - 3.34.pdf - 3.34 Bermudagrass and Zoysiagrass Establishment
Chapter 3 - 3.35.pdf - 3.35 Mulching
Chapter 3 - 3.36.pdf - 3.36 Soil Stabilization Blankets and Matting
Chapter 3 - 3.37.pdf - 3.37 Trees, Shrubs, Vines and Ground Cover
Chapter 3 - 3.38.pdf - 3.38 Tree Preservation and Protection
Chapter 3 - 3.39.pdf - 3.39 Dust Control
Chapter 4.pdf - Chapter 4 - Stormwater Runoff
Chapter 5.pdf - Chapter 5 - Engineering Calculations
Chapter 6.pdf - Chapter 6 - Preparing an Erosion & Sediment Control Plan
Chapter 7.pdf - Chapter 7 - Administrative Guidelines
Chapter 8.pdf - Chapter 8 - Law and Regulations
Glossary.pdf - Glossary

Questions about the Virginia Stormwater Management Program
or Erosion and Sediment Control Program?
Just write SWMESquestions@dcr.virginia.gov.