Best Management Practices, or BMPs, are proven methods and control activities that you can use for your SWPPP. They fall into two categories: Structural BMPs – things like fences, ponds, blankets, and seeding that you build into the site to help control runoff and channel water into the proper areas.
Who prepares a Swppp?
10. Who is qualified to prepare and implement the SWPPP for your site? In California, SWPPPs are required to be prepared by a Qualified SWPPP Developer (QSD) and implemented by a Qualified SWPPP Practitioner (QSP).
What does a stormwater inspector do?
As a stormwater inspector, you conduct preventative maintenance on stormwater facilities. Your responsibilities are to inspect facilities for issues, sample the water, and ensure the facility adheres to all federal compliance codes. Each inspection requires you to fill out a report documenting all of your findings.
What does a Qsd do?
A QSD is a Qualified SWPPP Designer. A QSD delvelops a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP).
How do you create a SWPPP?
SWPPP Development
- Getting started.
- Site assessment and planning.
- Selecting erosion and sediment control BMPs (Best Management Practices)
- Selecting good housekeeping BMPs.
- Inspections, maintenance, and recordkeeping (tools to assist in writing your SWPPP)
What is a QSP?
WHAT DOES A QSP DO? A QSP has responsibility for the implementation of all elements of the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), including non-stormwater and stormwater visual observations, sampling, analysis, and preparation of Rain Event Action Plans.
What is a SWPPP inspection?
A SWPPP is a site-specific, written document that: • Identifies potential sources of stormwater pollution at the construction site. • Describes practices to reduce pollutants in stormwater discharges from the construction site.
What is environmental BMP?
BMPs are structural, vegetative or managerial practices used to treat, prevent or reduce water pollution. Structural BMPs. Extended Detention Ponds. Instead of flowing directly to a river, stormwater can be transported to a deten- tion pond. These ponds hold the water until pollutants settle to the bottom.
