Education Documents | Factsheets
Automotive Service Shop
- Auto Repair Poster
- Auto Service Shops-Put the Brakes on Water Pollution at Automotive Service Shop
- Auto Recycler Owners and Operators- StormwaterManagement- A Guide for Auto Recycler Owners and Operators (USEPA)
- Clean Water Metro Atlanta's Solution to Stormwater Pollution
- Construction- Stormwater and the Construction Industry- Maintain your BMPs! (USEPA)
Detention Ponds
- Cobb County Code Section 50-112 Maintenance of SW Facilities- Commercial/ Industrial
- Detention Pond Maintenance Companies 5-2011
- GSWMM Detention Ponds 3-4-1
- GSWMM Retention Ponds 3-2-1
- GSWMM Appendix F Landscaping
- GSWMM Appendix H Safe Dam Rules
- Stormwater- Maintaining Stormwater Management Systems
Drainage Easements and Open Channels
- Drainage Easement Brochure
- Stream Protection- Protecting and Maintaining Small Streams and Open Channels
Erosion Control
- Construction- Stormwater and the Construction Industry- Maintain your BMPs! (USEPA)
- Stormwater- Clearing and Grading Land
Hazardous Substances/ Waste
- Household Solutions for Preventing Water Pollution from Hazardous Waste
- Household Hazardous Products- A Healthy Environment Starts at Home RackCard
- Iron Bacteria Fact Sheet
- FOG Fact Sheet (eng/sp)
- Food Sevice Industry- Menu for a Cleaner and Healthier Environment to Prevent Stormwater Pollution
Landscaping
- Landscape Maintenance Fact Sheet
- Landscaping- Rain Gardens for Home Landscapes
- Landscaping- Rain Gardens for Home Landscapes (Spanish)
- Landscaping- Solutions to Water Pollution for the Commercial Landscaping and Lawn Care Industry
- Landscaping- Solutions to Water Pollution for the Comm. Landscaping and Lawn Care Industry (sp)
- Landscaping- Designing Landscapes for Water Quality
- Litter Ordinance
- Livestock Management Fact Sheet
- Drainage Easement Brochure
- Stream Protection- Protecting and Maintaining Small Streams and Open Channels
- Painting Fact Sheet
Pest Management
Pet Waste
(This is not a comprehensive list of all items that must be addressed or shown on a set of LDP plans. It does include all of the typical comments that are usually made on a set of submitted plans. Contact Cobb County Stormwater Plan Review for needed requirements and questions.)
Open Channels and Drainage Easements Pressure Washing
- Stormwater- Outdoor Pressure Washing
- Stormwater- Washing Equipment and Vehicles
- Pressure Washing Fact Sheet
- Rain Barrels
Retention Ponds
- Cobb County Code Section 50-112 Maintenance of SW Facilities- Commercial/ Industrial
- Detention Pond Maintenance Companies 5-2011
- GSWMM Detention Ponds 3-4-1
- GSWMM Retention Ponds 3-2-1
- GSWMM Appendix F Landscaping
- GSWMM Appendix H Safe Dam Rules
- Stormwater- Maintaining Stormwater Management Systems
- Septic Tank Brochure (Spanish)
- Stormwater- After the storm, A Citizens Guide to Understanding Stormwater (USEPA)
- Stormwater- Catch Basin Care
- Stormwater- Clearing and Grading Land
- Stormwater- Designing Landscapes for Water Quality
- Stormwater- Designing Stormwater Management Systems
- Stormwater- Disposing of Wastes (e.g. debris, hazardous waste, landscape waste)
- Stormwater- Education and Community Leadership
- Stormwater- Integrated Pest Management
- Stormwater- Maintaining Building Facades
- Stormwater- Maintaining Paved Areas
- Stormwater- Maintaining Stormwater Systems
- Stormwater- Outdoor Pressure Washing
- Stormwater- Preventing and Cleaning Up Spills
- Stormwater- Protecting Water Quality from Urban Runoff (USEPA)
- Stormwater Runoff Fact Sheet (eng/sp)
- Stormwater- Storing Materials and Wastes (e.g. trash, storage containers)
- Stormwater- Using Fertilizers
- Stormwater- Using Pesticides
- Stormwater- Washing Equipment and Vehicles
Stormwater Ponds
- Cobb County Code Section 50-112 Maintenance of SW Facilities- Commercial/ Industrial
- Detention Pond Maintenance Companies 5-2011
- GSWMM Detention Ponds 3-4-1
- GSWMM Retention Ponds 3-2-1
- GSWMM Appendix F Landscaping
- GSWMM Appendix H Safe Dam Rules
- Stormwater- Maintaining Stormwater Management Systems
- Stream Protection- Protecting and Maintaining Small Streams and Open Channels
- Water Cycle- River to River the Manmade Water Cycle
Presentation
Maps
Below are links to the USGS website & NWISWeb mapper program that display streamflows around Cobb County in real time:
- Click here to view streamflow monitoring gages
- Click here to view a tabular list of the stream sites
- Click here to view stream sites via webcams
- Click here to send up for text or email for WaterAlert
- Click here to sign up for text or email for current-conditions water data
Note: The below maps require Adobe PDF Reader to open. Some files are large and will require a few moments to load).
- Biological Monitoring Site (HUC-12 areas)
- Chemical Monitoring Stations
- Rainfall Gaging Station
- USGS Streamflow Monitoring Stations
- Cobb County Undeveloped Land Inventory
Flood Maps
- Effective FEMA Flood Insurance Study Maps
- Floodplain Updates currently underway for 21 Streams in Cobb County
Below is a link to the Georgia EPD map modernization website (once at the website, enter your address in the Identify your flood risk search box):
Stream Buffer Maps