How and when were the Dane County sites studied?
Two small construction sites in Dane County, one residential and one commercial, were selected to represent typical construction activity on sites less than 5 acres in size (fig. 1). The residential lot was 0.34 acres with an average slope of 8 percent, and the commercial office development lot was approximately 1.72 acres with an average slope of 4 percent. Sites were selected on the basis of five criteria: 1. The site had to be stabilized or without construction activity for a sufficient period to allow for pre-construction monitoring of water quantity and water quality. 2. The site had to accommodate small wing walls or other structures that would direct discharge from a significant area of the site to a single discharge point. 3. The site had to be smaller than 5 acres. 4. Construction on the site had to be completed by September 1998.* 5. The builder had to agree to the proposed monitoring plan. *Note: Some changes in scheduling occurred after site selections were made.
