Difference between revisions of "Applicability of BMPs for cold climate use"
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<td>Buffers reduce runoff by providing infiltration potential</td> | <td>Buffers reduce runoff by providing infiltration potential</td> | ||
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<td>Yes</td> | <td>Yes</td> | ||
<td>Stable drainageways and sediment basins assure erosion control and provide storage opportunities for spring meltwater</td> | <td>Stable drainageways and sediment basins assure erosion control and provide storage opportunities for spring meltwater</td> | ||
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<td>Yes</td> | <td>Yes</td> | ||
<td>These practices are especially effective during winter construction</td> | <td>These practices are especially effective during winter construction</td> | ||
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<td>Yes</td> | <td>Yes</td> | ||
<td>These must be installed prior to freeze-up to be effective; they must be checked often and maintained all winter</td> | <td>These must be installed prior to freeze-up to be effective; they must be checked often and maintained all winter</td> | ||
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<td>Marginal</td> | <td>Marginal</td> | ||
<td>Seeding, blankets and sprayed stabilizers must all be in place and working before freeze-up; if necessary, blankets can be laid and held in place with sandbags or rock logs</td> | <td>Seeding, blankets and sprayed stabilizers must all be in place and working before freeze-up; if necessary, blankets can be laid and held in place with sandbags or rock logs</td> | ||
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<td>Yes</td> | <td>Yes</td> | ||
<td>Essential for proper operation all winter</td> | <td>Essential for proper operation all winter</td> | ||
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<td>Yes</td> | <td>Yes</td> | ||
<td>These can provide needed storage during the cold season and for spring runoff events; vegetation will not be a factor during winter</td> | <td>These can provide needed storage during the cold season and for spring runoff events; vegetation will not be a factor during winter</td> | ||
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<td>Marginal</td> | <td>Marginal</td> | ||
<td>Vegetative filtering is reduced once vegetation dies back in the fall; some physical filtering will occur if vegetation density and depth are sufficient</td> | <td>Vegetative filtering is reduced once vegetation dies back in the fall; some physical filtering will occur if vegetation density and depth are sufficient</td> | ||
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<td>Yes with caution</td> | <td>Yes with caution</td> | ||
<td>See above comment</td> | <td>See above comment</td> | ||
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Revision as of 21:49, 10 January 2013
Applicability of BMPs for cold climate use
| BMP Family | BMP | Classification | Notes |
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| Temporary Construction Sediment Control | Preconstruction planning | Yes | Focus on sequencing to avoid open soils during winter and on limited grading prior to freeze-up |
| Resource protection | Yes | Buffers reduce runoff by providing infiltration potential | |
| Runoff control | Yes | Stable drainageways and sediment basins assure erosion control and provide storage opportunities for spring meltwater | |
| Perimeter control | Yes | These practices are especially effective during winter construction | |
| Slope stabilization | Yes | These must be installed prior to freeze-up to be effective; they must be checked often and maintained all winter | |
| Stabilized soil | Marginal | Seeding, blankets and sprayed stabilizers must all be in place and working before freeze-up; if necessary, blankets can be laid and held in place with sandbags or rock logs | |
| Inspection and maintenance | Yes | Essential for proper operation all winter | |
| Bioretention | Rain garden | Marginal | By definition, these are growing season practices, but they do provide a sump area for storage and some infiltration during a melt |
| Depressed parking islands | Yes | These can provide needed storage during the cold season and for spring runoff events; vegetation will not be a factor during winter | |
| Filtration | Media filter | Yes-to marginal | Surface systems need to be fully dry before freezeup for these to work properly; sub-grade systems can be very effective for meltwater treatment |
| Surface vegetative filter | Marginal | Vegetative filtering is reduced once vegetation dies back in the fall; some physical filtering will occur if vegetation density and depth are sufficient | |
| Combination filter | Yes-to marginal | See comments above | X |
| Infiltration | Trench | Yes with caution | Effective when designed, installed and maintained properly; caution applies to limitations on source area to avoid high concentrations of Cl and toxics |
| Basin | Yes with caution | See above comment | |
| Stormwater Ponds | Forebay | Yes | Effective if designed with enough available volume to accommodate meltwater in the spring |