Best Management Practices

Below are photo examples of Best Management Practices (BMP) and examples of lack of BMP which could result in NPDES violations. Clicking on a photo allows you to view a larger version in a new browser window.

Examples of Best Management Practices
	Straw wattles and erosion control blankets protect cut slopes from erosion
	Silt fences and straw mulch distributed over disturbed soils reduce erosion
	Roadway cut areas protected by silt fencing, straw waddles, and erosion control blankets
	Silt fencing and straw mulch


Examples of lack of any Best Management Practices
	Drain inlet needs protection from sediment and trash
	Poor location of sanitary facility. Sediment allowed to run off site into gutter. No BMP installed to reduce storm water pollution.
	Poor site management – site needs trash cleanup and check dams in gutter to stop sediment and trash transport into drain inlet
	Sediment on street allowed to transport pollutants to unprotected drain inlet – NPDES violation

Examples of Best Management Practices

Examples of lack of any Best Management Practices