The Virginia Erosion & Sediment Control Handbook can be downloaded in PDF sections by clicking on the links below. If you have 'high speed' internet and would like to attempt fewer downloads, zipped/compressed files are available. You may also obtain a hard copy of the Handbook by ordering online. 

Note: digital versions are not allowed for use during the certification exam. 

Zipped files 

• Chapter 3
• All other handbook chapters

Individual chapters

• Handbook Bibliography
• Handbook Table of Contents
• Handbook Chapter 1
• Handbook Chapter 2
• Handbook Chapter 3 Index
  • Handbook Chapter 3.01 - Safety Fence
  • Handbook Chapter 3.02 - Construction Entrance
  • Handbook Chapter 3.03 - Construction Road Stabilization
  • Handbook Chapter 3.04 - Straw Bale Barrier
  • Handbook Chapter 3.05 - Silt Fence
  • Handbook Chapter 3.06 - Brush Barrier
  • Handbook Chapter 3.07 - Storm Drain Inlet Protection
  • Handbook Chapter 3.08 - Culvert Inlet Protection
  • Handbook Chapter 3.09 - Temporary Diversion Dike
  • Handbook Chapter 3.10 - Temporary Fill Diversion
  • Handbook Chapter 3.11 - Temporary Right-of-Way Diversion
  • Handbook Chapter 3.12 - Diversion
  • Handbook Chapter 3.13 - Temporary Sediment Trap
  • Handbook Chapter 3.14 - Temporary Sediment Basin
  • Handbook Chapter 3.15 - Temporary Slope Drain
  • Handbook Chapter 3.16 - Paved Flume
  • Handbook Chapter 3.17 - Stormwater Conveyance Channel
  • Handbook Chapter 3.18 - Outlet Protection
  • Handbook Chapter 3.19 - Riprap 
  • Handbook Chapter 3.20 - Rock Check Dams
  • Handbook Chapter 3.21 - Level Spreader
  • Handbook Chapter 3.22 - Vegetative Streambank Stabilization
  • Handbook Chapter 3.23 - Structural Streambank Stabilization
  • Handbook Chapter 3.24 - Temporary Vehicular Stream Crossing
  • Handbook Chapter 3.25 - Utility Stream Crossing
  • Handbook Chapter 3.26 - Dewatering Structure
  • Handbook Chapter 3.27 - Turbidity Curtain
  • Handbook Chapter 3.28 - Subsurface Drain
  • Handbook Chapter 3.29 - Surface Roughening
  • Handbook Chapter 3.30 - Topsoiling
  • Handbook Chapter 3.31 - Temporary Seeding
  • Handbook Chapter 3.32 - Permanent Seeding
  • Handbook Chapter 3.33 - Sodding
  • Handbook Chapter 3.34 - Bermudagrass and Zoysiagrass Establishment
  • Handbook Chapter 3.35 - Mulching
  • Handbook Chapter 3.36 - Soil Stabilization Blankets and Matting
  • Handbook Chapter 3.37 - Trees, Shrubs, Vines and Ground Covers
  • Handbook Chapter 3.38 - Tree Preservation and Protection
  • Handbook Chapter 3.39 - Dust Control
• Handbook Chapter 4
• Handbook Chapter 5
• Handbook Chapter 6
• Handbook Chapter 7
• Handbook ES Laws and Regulations
• Handbook Glossary
• Handbook Uniform Coding
• Native Versus Invasive Plant Species
• Plant Virginia Native