Who Needs To Implement Best Management Practices?
All property owners in the Lake Tahoe basin need to implement BMPs, whether they own residential or commercial properties. Public service property managers are also required to implement BMPs, however, public lands may be on a slightly different implementation schedule. All the watersheds in the Tahoe Basin were prioritized for BMP implementation depending on various factors including soil erodibility, steepness of terrain, ratio of development to undisturbed land, and relative inputs of nutrients and sediment from the watershed. Utilizing this data, the watersheds were determined to be Priority One, Two or Three. Property owners in Priority One watersheds are required under Section 25 of the TRPA Code of Ordinances to implement BMPs on their property by October 15, 2000. Click here for a summary of the public notifications made for Best Management Practice Retrofit Requirements in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Subsequent target dates for full implementation of BMPs are October 15, 2006 for pr
