We provide guidance on placing vegetation or seeding (grasses, wildflowers, seed mixes, and other materials like straw, wattles, and erosion control blankets) to stabilize areas disturbed by grading operations, to reduce loss of soil due to action of water or wind and to prevent water pollution.

We provide assistance in developing guidelines and best management practices for storm water quality management and erosion control. Best management practices are various activities and techniques such as fiber rolls, silt fences, sand bags, seeding, project phasing, stabilizing the construction entrance, or many others that can be used to reduce stormwater impacts. We work with other UDOT Sections and other State Agencies to provide compliance with all state and federal water quality regulations and laws. Refer to the Link Listing Section below the link to the Utah Department of Environmental Quality.

UDOT provides instruction to become a certified Environmental Control Supervisior (ECS).  The UDOT Senior Landscape Architect updates the Erosion and Sediment Control Approved Products List.  Refer to the Link Listing Section below the link to this products list. Only products from this list are to be used on UDOT projects unless otherwise approved by the Region Landscape Architect. For those designing Erosion and Sediment Control Plans, or for preparing Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans, please refer to the UDOT Erosion and Sediment Control Manual.