Practice Selection Guide
Impact Level Legend
1
Slight Impact
2
Moderate Impact
3
Significant Impact
| Name | Code | Brief Definition | Sheet & Rill Erosion | Rill & Gully Erosion | Streambank Erosion | Stream Channel Erosion | Toxics & Salt Reducion | Flooding | Increased Peak Flow | Nutrient Pollution | Pesticide Pollution | Sediment Damage | Dust Control | Construction Road Maintenance | Water Table Control | Organic Pollution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bioretention Facility | 800 | Constructed wetland to improve stormwater quality | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Back Cut Curb | 801 | A temporary sediment trap formed by excavation behind the back of a curb, sidewalk or road edge | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Cofferdam | 803 | Temporary structure in waterway or body of water to create a dry work area | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Construction Road Stabilization | 806 | Stabilize temporary roads to reduce erosion | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Culvert Inlet Protection | 808 | Temporary sediment filter at culvert inlets | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Dewatering | 813 | Removal of water from construction site | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ditch Check Manufactured | 814 | Prefab, temporary dam or flow thru device installed across a ditch, swale, etc. to reduce velocity of water | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Diversion | 815 | Channel and ridge constructed to collect and divert runoff | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Diversion Dike | 820 | Perimeter dike to manage and divert runoff | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Dust Control | 825 | Controlling dust on construction sites and roads | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Erosion Blanket | 830 | Pre-formed organic or inorganic erosion mat | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Erosion Blanket TRM | 831 | Pre-formed non-degradable erosion mat | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Filter Strip | 835 | Vegetated filter zone to remove pollutants | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Grass-Lined Channels | 840 | Natural or constructed channel vegetated to convey water | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Infiltration Trench | 847 | Pits or trenches designed to hold water to increase infiltration | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Inlet Protection - Monofiliment Fabric B | 860 | Temporary practice to control sediment at storm drain inlet | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Inlet Protection - Impervious Surfaces | 861 | Temporary sediment control barrier for impervious surfaces | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Inlet Protection - Pervious Surfaces | 863 | Temporary sediment control barrier for pervious surfaces | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Land Grading | 865 | Smoothing surface to planned grade to improve site | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Level Spreader | 870 | Structure to spread water flow uniformly | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Lined Channel or Outlet | 872 | A constructed channel or outlet having an erosion resistant lining | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Mulching | 875 | Placing materials to protect soil surface | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Open Channel | 878 | Construction of or improvement to a channel in which water flows | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Permanent Vegetation | 880 | Establishing permanent vegetative cover | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Permeable Pavement | 890 | Pavement having interspersed sod, gravel, or sand areas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Polyacrylamide (PAM) for Temporary Soil Stabilization | 893 | Agent to bind soil and prevent erosion | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Polyacrylamide (PAM) for Turbidity Reduction and Sediment Control | 894 | Agent to flocculate fine silts and clay in stormwater | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Portable Sediment Tank | 895 | Container for trapping sediment from runoff water | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Raingarden | 897 | Small, shallow depression to temporarily hold and infiltrate stormwater | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Right-of-way Diversion | 900 | Structure to control roadway erosion | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Rock Check Dam | 905 | Structure to control erosion in ditch or grass swale | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Rock Outlet Protection | 910 | Rocked area at outlets to reduce flow erosion | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Rolled Perimeter Control | 912 | Perimeter control for limited drainage areas | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sediment Forebay | 914 | A pool and settling basin constructed at an inlet to a stormwater management facility | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Silt Curtain | 917 | Temporary Sediment barrier of geosynthetic fabric in a water body | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Silt Fence | 920 | Temporary sediment barrier of filter fabric | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Sodding | 925 | Laying blanket of established turf to protect area | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Soil Stockpile Management | 927 | Temporary or permanent erosion control on a soil stockpile | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Stabilized Construction Entrance | 930 | Rock pad at entrance or exit to control tracking of mud to streets | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Structural Streambank Stabilization | 940 | Structure to control streambank erosion | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Subsurface Drain | 945 | An underground water collection and transport tube | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Sump Pit | 950 | Temporary pit to trap and filter water | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Surface Roughening | 953 | Grooving, stair stepping, or tracking across a slope | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Temporary Concrete Washout | 954 | Management of solid and liquid wastes from concrete | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Temporary Diversion | 955 | Temporary diversion for runoff control | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Temporary Sediment Trap | 960 | Temporary ponding basin to trap sediment | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Temporary Seeding | 965 | Planting vegetation to protect areas from erosion | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Temporary Slope Drain | 970 | Short term water conveyance down a sloping area | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Temporary Stream Crossing | 975 | Short term stream crossing for equipment | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Temporary Stream Diversion | 976 | Short term stream diversion to allow construcion in the dry | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Temporary Swale | 980 | Temporary excavated drainageway to control runoff | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Topsoiling | 981 | Adding or replacing quality soil to the surface | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Tree/Forest Ecosystem Preservation | 984 | Protecting contiguous stands of trees from construction damage | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Tree and Shrub Planting | 985 | Planting trees and shrubs | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Tree Protection | 990 | Protecting individual trees from construction damage | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tree Protection-Augering | 991 | Protecting individual trees from underground construction damage | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Vegetative Streambank Stabilization | 995 | Vegetation to control streambank erosion | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Well Decommissioning | 996 | Permanent sealing of a water well, boring, or monitoring well | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Wetland Creation | 997 | Creation of a wetland in an area that did not historically contain a wetland | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Wetland Enhancement | 998 | Rehabilitate an existing wetland with focus on serving a specific function or purpose | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Wetland Restoration | 999 | Rehabilitate an existing wetland to approximate natural conditions (soils, hydrology, vegetation) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |