Your County Government Community
Services
Healthy
Kids & Families
Business
Resources
Environment Public Safety Jobs

Agriculture, Weights and Measures

AWM Home
Agriculture
Animals and Wildlife
Consumer Protection
Environmental Regulation
Insects and Plant Diseases
Contact Us
About Us

Related Links

Managing Nonpoint Source Pollution from Agriculture
EPA's Website on Agriculture

Agricultural Water Quality

Printer Friendly
Font Size Extra Large Font Size Large Font Size Default

The County Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures regulates agricultural facilities that are designated as high priority commercial facilities. These include:

Nurseries and Greenhouses

Agricultural Pest Control Businesses

Structural Pest Control Businesses

Golf Courses

Cemeteries

Equestrian Facilities1

[1] The Dept. of Agriculture, Weights and Measures initiated inspections of these facilities in July 2005 due to the large number of complaints and referrals the department received as a result of the heavy rains during the winter of 2004.


Equestrian Information

Equestrian Best Management Practices (pdf)

Equestrian Facilities Brochure (pdf)

 

Farming Information

Ag Water Quality Informational Pamphlet (pdf)

Agricultural Runoff Training Guidelines (pdf)

Gude entrenamiento para los Negocios Comerciales Agrlas (pdf)

Sedimentation From Agricultural Operations (pdf)

La Sedimentacion las Operaciones Agricolas (pdf)

Ques y Quedo Hacer? (pdf)

 

Forms

Employee Stormwater Training Documentation Form (pdf)

Registration Form for Agriculture Water Quality (pdf)

 

 Inspection Forms

Pest Control Business/Structural Pest Control Business AWM 1404 (pdf)

Landscape AWM 1403 (pdf)

Nursery/Greenhouses AWM 1402 (pdf)

 

 County Ordinances

In 2001, the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board adopted Order 2001-01, which requires the County and other land use jurisdictions in the region to reduce contaminants in local waterways.

Watershed Protection, Stormwater Management, & Discharge Control Ordinance

County of San Diego Stormwater Standards Manual