Do You Know What the Cheapest BMP is? The cheapest and often most effective BMP for SWPPP compliance is to use the natural vegetation that surrounds the area under construction. It will help you stay compliant and efficient with minimal effort! Here are some of the best ways to utilize natural vegetation as a BMP […]
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How Water Affects Your SWPPP Impaired Waters When there are impaired waters on or near your site, check your permit to see if you may have additional considerations or requirements when protecting these waters. When looking at the regulations, make sure you pay attention to what type of pollutants are present, because sometimes the pollutants
Simple Ways You Can Impact the Environment You’ve Never Heard Before 71% of Earth is made up of water. Water is a life source, habitat, power supplier, and refuge for every carbon-based organism on our planet. With this in mind, it is important to step back and consider if we are doing enough to protect
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Critical SWPPP Map Updates – What do you update? The SWPPP Map is a critical inspection tool to make sure that BMPs are in place and inspections are covering all the appropriate areas of concern. To ensure the SWPPP map proves as useful as it can be, it needs to be constantly updated to match
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Happy Earth Day Happy Earth Day everyone! I’m sure everyone here has heard the stat “only 2.5% of earth’s water is freshwater” but did you know that only 1% of that water is actually accessible? “I know we’re all social distancing, but I still want to talk about ways we can preserve the planet’s most
Is Stormwater Important? Before working with StormwaterGO I would have said no. When it goes down the drain it’s out of sight and out of mind. Recent exposure and training however have since changed my mind. A recent article published by the EPA discusses the various effects of nutrient pollution caused by stormwater. The author
Stormwater vs Wastewater – What’s the Difference? By Preston Vawdrey As clean water enthusiasts, one of the biggest problems we face is increasing public knowledge about water pollution issues like wastewater, stormwater, and proper water maintenance. When trying to spread awareness about water issues, we get one particular question more often than others: What is
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A Day Without Water Imagine your day. You wake up, you go to the bathroom, you take a shower, you take your medications, you brush your teeth, you head to work, you eat lunch, you come home from work, you eat dinner, you watch tv, you go to the bathroom, you go to bed. Now
What is an Illicit Discharge? The Importance of Training and Education about Illicit Dishcarges What Is an Illicit Discharge? Illicit discharges are any discharges into a storm drain system that are not from stormwater and are polluted. Illicit discharges can carry pollutants into nearby water bodies. Cities and counties that hold stormwater permits are required