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This website contains two erosion control manuals that were were authorized and funded by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. They were originally written in the 1980s and 1990s and have recently been updated.

Both manuals are availabe in pdf format. You may download the complete manuals or individual sections/chapters. You may need to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the files.

Download the erosion control manuals

• Iowa Construction Site Erosion Control Manual 6.3 mb pdf
• How to Control Streambank Erosion 6.6 mb pdf

Contents of the Iowa Construction Site Erosion Control Manual

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 1 mb pdf

• Erosion Control 149 kb pdf
• Regulatory Requirements 134 kb pdf
• Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Measures Matrix 138 kb pdf
• Erosion and Sediment Control Plan Preparation 132 kb pdf
• Sample Site Plans 740 kb pdf
• Implementation Guidelines 314 kb pdf

CHAPTER 2. VEGETATION AND SOIL STABILIZATION CONTROL MEASURES 1.5 mb pdf

• Grass Channels 605 kb pdf
• Dust Control 133 kb pdf
• Mulching 140 kb pdf
• Seeding and Fertilizing 180 kb pdf
• Silt Fence 356 kb pdf
• Sodding 293 kb pdf
• Surface Roughening 94 kb pdf
• Vegetative Filter Strip 165 kb pdf
• Compost Blankets 100 kb pdf
• Compost Filter Tubes 97 kb pdf
• Rolled Erosion Control Products 180 kb pdf
• Wattles 141 kb pdf
• Flocculents 79 kb pdf
• Turf Reinforcement Mats 123 kb pdf

CHAPTER 3. STRUCTURAL EROSION CONTROL MEASURES 3.1 mb pdf

• Bench 180 kb pdf
• Compost Filter Berms 242 kb pdf
• Check Dam 222 kb pdf
• Temporary Slope Drain (Pipe or Rock) 186 kb pdf
• Energy Dissipator 98 kb pdf
• Flotation Silt Curtain 126 kb pdf
• Rock Chutes and Flumes 91 kb pdf
• Gabion 97 kb pdf
• Inlet Protection 346 kb pdf
• Jetties 1.1 mb pdf
• Level Spreader 109 kb pdf
• Rock Outlet Protection 104 kb pdf
• Retaining Wall 154 kb pdf
• Stabilized Construction Entrance 95 kb pdf
• Riprap 272 kb pdf
• Sediment Barrier 203 kb pdf
• Sediment Basin 202 kb pdf
• Streambank Protection 287 kb pdf
• Stream Channel Enhancement 134 kb pdf
• Subsurface Drainage 469 kb pdf
• Diversion Structure 123 kb pdf

CHAPTER 4. SPECIAL CONDITION EROSION CONTROL MEASURES 389 kb pdf

• Infiltration Basin and Trench 153 kb pdf
• Retention Pond 97 kb pdf
• Serrated Cut 169 kb pdf
• Temporary Stream Crossing 175 kb pdf
• Wetlands 103 kb pdf

REFERENCES 116 kb pdf

GLOSSARY 99 kb pdf

Contents of How to Control Streambank Erosion

INTRODUCTION 18 kb pdf

HOW TO CONTROL STREAMBANK EROSION 41 kb pdf

SEEDING OF STREAMBANK 60 kb pdf

LIVE STAKES 981 kb pdf

JOINT PLANTING 1.6 mb pdf

LIVE FASCINE 962 kb pdf

BRUSHMATTRESS 48 kb pdf

LIVE CRIBWALL 359 kb pdf

BRANCHPACKING 489 kb pdf

COCONUT FIBER ROLLS 108 kb pdf

DORMANT POST PLANTINGS 52 kb pdf

PILINGS WITH WIRE OR GEOTEXTILE FENCING 297 kb pdf

RIPRAP 100 kb pdf

JETTY SYSTEM 1.2 mb pdf

IOWA VANES 94 kb pdf

VEGETATED GEOGRIDS 992 kb pdf

BIBLIOGRAPHY 10 kb pdf

APPENDIX 12 kb pdf

Iowa Stormwater Partnership

These manuals were authorized and funded by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.