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Pennsylvania Handbook of Best Management Practices for Developing Areas

§8. Descriptions of Selected Best Management Practices

Table 8-1. Summary of BMP Descriptions

BMP
Type
(structural/ vegetative)
Permanence
(permanent/ temporary)
Bioretention vegetative permanent
Constructed Treatment Wetland structural permanent
Critical-Area Planting vegetative permanent
Diversion structural permanent/temporary
Energy Dissipatoer structural permanent
Filter Bag structural temporary
Filter Strip vegetative permanent
Grass Swale vegetative permanent
Infiltration Trench and Dry Well structural permanent
Inlet Protection, Block and& Gravel structural temporary
Inlet Protection, Excavated Drain structural temporary
Inlet Protection, Fabric Insert structural temporary
Interim Stabilization vegetative temporary
Lined Channel structural permanent
Outlet Stabilization Structure structural permanent/temporary
Permanent Vegetative Stabilization vegetative permanent
Permeable Paving System structural permanent
Pond, Dry structural permanent
Pond, Wet structural permanent
Portable Sediment Tank structural temporary
Riparian Corridor Management vegetative permanent
Riparian Forested Buffer vegetative permanent
Rooftop Runoff Management structural permanent
Sand Filter, Closed structural permanent
Sand Filter, Open structural permanent
Sediment Basin structural temporary
Sediment Trap structural temporary
Silt Curtain structural temporary
Silt Fence structural temporary
Slope Drain structural permanent
Stabilized Construction Entrance structural temporary
Straw Bale Barrier structural temporary
Stream Bank Stabilization structural/vegetative permanent
Temporary Stream Crossing structural temporary
Tree Preservation and Protection structural temporary
Trench Plug structural permanent
Water Quality Inlets structural temporary

 

Table 8-2. Summary of Alternative BMP References

BMP

Alternative References

Below-Grade Detention Basin

See DRY POND and INFILTRATION AND DRY WELL

Dry Well

See DRY POND and INFILTRATION AND DRY WELL

Level Spreader

See FILTER STRIP

Detention Basin

See DRY POND and WET POND

Recharge Bed

See INFILTRATION TRENCH AND DRY WELL and PERMEABLE PAVING SYSTEM

Seepage Bed

See INFILTRATION TRENCH AND DRY WELL and PERMEABLE PAVING SYSTEM

Tire Cleaning Strip

See STABILIZED CONSTRUCTION Entrance

Chute

SLOPE DRAIN

 

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