Stormwater Best Management Practices
Best Management Practices (BMPs) are used by engineers, designers and the municipality as due diligence. These are the 'industry standards' and are used to ensure compliance with legislation.
- street sweeping
- catch basin cleaning
- bylaw enforcement
- drainage bylaw
- animal control bylaw
- lot grading bylaw
- Reduced lot grading
- surface ponding & rooftop storage
- Infiltration systems
- sump pumping of foundation drains
- vegetative swale / bioswales
- vegetative channels / ditches
- end-of-pipe
- wet ponds
- dry ponds
- wetlands
- infiltration trench
- infiltration basins
- filter strips
- sand filters
- oil/grit separators
- Rain gardens
- Permeable pavement
- Green roofs
- Bio-swales
- Rainwater harvesting
- rainwater stored in a cistern and disinfected and filtered before being used
- Uses: toilet flushing, outdoor hose bibb, irrigation, cooling make-up, wash cars, wash clothes, wash building, fire protection, decorative fountains/ponds, dust suppression
- Trees
- Grass selection
