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Urban BMP's - Water Runoff Management

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A. Construction Site Impact Reduction (temporary practices) (8)

Adobe Acrobat DocumentBrush Barrier (48 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentConstruction Entrance/Exit (73 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentConstruction Sequence (35 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentSilt Fence (Filter Fence) (110 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentStorm Drain Inlet Protection (145 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentStraw Bale Barrier (71 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentTemporary Seeding (69 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentTopsoiling (75 KB)

B. Source Reduction (16)

Adobe Acrobat DocumentAnimal Waste Collection (46 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentBedding (51 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentChiseling (53 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentCisterns Used for Water Harvesting (62 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentConcrete Grid, Modular and Porous Paving (72 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentCurb Elimination (39 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentDebris Removal (49 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentDrain Blockers (41 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentEducation Programs (47 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentExposure Reduction (48 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentGreen Roofs (40 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentLandscape Management Controls (51 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMinimization of Pollutants (42 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentParking Lot and Street Cleaning (44 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentProtecting Storm Drain from Hazardous Waste Deposition (49 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentStormwater Catch Basin Insert (42 KB)

C. Erosion Control (19)

Adobe Acrobat DocumentChannel Vegetation (55 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentCheck Dam (147 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentConcrete Block Revetment (41 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentCritical Area Planting (112 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentErosion Control Blanket (113 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentGabions/ Gabion Revetment (184 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentGrade Stabilization Structure (259 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentGrassed Waterway (64 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentLevel Spreader (58 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentLined Waterway (65 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentLow Wall/Slope Face Plantings (38 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMulching, Netting and Matting (58 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentNative Revegetation - Grasses, Legumes, and Forbs (61 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentNative Revegetation - Trees and Shrubs (63 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentSheet Flow Dispersion (85 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentSodding (113 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentStone Revetment (72 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentTerracing (59 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentWater Bar (74 KB)

D. Water Volume Management (14)

Adobe Acrobat DocumentDetention Basin (74 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentDispersion Trench (63 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentDiversion Channel (63 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentDiversion Structure (Flow Splitter) (41 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentDry Well (43 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentExfiltration/Infiltration (64 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentInfiltration Trench (43 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentIsolation/Diversion Structure (88 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentOff-Line Infiltration System Design (56 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentParking Lot Perimeter Infiltration Trench (55 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentParking Lot Storage (48 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentSmall Infiltration Basin (46 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentStorm Water Retention Pond (55 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentWetland Animal Habitat Design (69 KB)

E. Water Quality Treatment and Constituent Entrapment (vegetative and/or structural) (32)

Adobe Acrobat DocumentBasic Biofiltration Swale (66 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentBioretention System (90 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentCombined Infiltration/Detention Basin (58 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentCompost Filter System (42 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentConstructed Wetland (104 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentDetention Devices for Dry/Wet Ponds (126 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentDry Extended Detention Ponds (62 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentDry Swale (60 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentFilter Strips (75 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMedian Strip Infiltration Trench (46 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMontgomery County Water Quality Inlet (41 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentOff-Line Infiltration Basin (51 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentOil/Grit Separator (41 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentOil/Water Separators (202 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentOrganic Sand Filter (59 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentPeat Sand Filter (53 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentPerimeter Sand Filter (53 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentPocket Sand Filter (54 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentReversed Elevations System for Parking Lots and Planting Areas (67 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentRiparian Forest Buffer (56 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentRoadway Landscape Treatment System (60 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentRockville Water Quality Inlet (57 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentSediment Basin (Water Quality Enhancement) (86 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentSide-by-Side Infiltration Basin (65 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentSurface Sand Filter (39 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentUnderground Sand Filter (50 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentUnderground Trench with Oil/Grit Chamber (50 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentUnder-the-Swale Infiltration Trench (65 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentWater Quality Volume (WQV) Storage Tank (55 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentWet Biofiltration Swale (68 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentWet Pond Design (85 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentWet Swale (47 KB)


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