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Water Quality

Municipal Best Management Practices


1. Urban Runoff

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Source Control Best Management Practices

1.2.1 Introduction

1.2.2 BMPs

1.2.2.1 Education Programs

1.2.2.2 Urban Design

  • Buffers and Easements
  • Reduction of Impervious Area
  • Green Roof Systems
  • Curb Elimination
  • Runoff Diversion

1.2.2.3 Urban Maintenance

  • Animal Waste Collection
  • Debris Removal
  • Fire System Flushing
  • Lawn Maintenance and Landscaping
  • Parking Lot and Street Cleaning
  • Road Salt Application
  • Sanitary Waste Management

1.2.2.4 Minimizing Pollutants

1.2.2.5 Construction Design

  • Introduction
  • Habitat Management and Protection
  • Water Management
  • Stormwater Management
  • Land Development

1.3 Treatment Best Management Practices

1.3.1 Introduction

1.3.2 BMPs

1.3.2.1 Infiltration Practices

  • Infiltration Basins
  • Infiltration Trenches
  • Porous Pavement
  • Concrete Grid and Modular Pavement

1.3.2.2 Separators

  • Coalescing Plate Separators
  • Water Quality Inlets
  • Manhole Sediment Traps
  • Trapped Catch Basins
  • Multi-Chambered Treatment Train

1.3.2.3 Vegetative Practices

  • Filter Strips
  • Grassed Swale
  • Bioretention and Dry Swale with Underdrains
  • Urban Forestry

1.3.2.4 Detention / Retention

  • Dry Detention Basins
  • Dry Detention Vaults and Wet Vaults
  • Wet Retention Ponds
  • Constructed Wetlands

1.3.2.5 Stormwater Filtration

  • Catch Basin Filters
  • Sand Filters

1.4 References

 

2. Onsite Sewage Systems

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Septic Tank and Disposal Field Systems

  • Description
  • Risks and Impacts
  • Best Management Practices

2.3 Alternative Systems

  • Introduction
  • Pressure Distribution Systems
  • Mound Systems
  • Intermittent Sand Filters
  • Recirculating Sand Filters
  • Composting Toilets
  • Constructed Wetlands
  • Aerobic Wastewater Treatment Systems

2.4 References

 

3. Golf Courses

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Design and Construction

3.3 Management

3.4 References

 

4. Recycling Depots and Landfills

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Best Management Practices

4.3 References

 

5. Roadway and Bridge Maintenance

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Roadway Maintenance

5.3 Bridge Maintenance

5.4 References



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