What are stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs)?
Best Management Practices (BMPs) is a general term used to describe the most effective, feasible methods to address and resolve a problem. Stormwater BMPs can be structural or non-structural (behavioral) changes used to reduce stormwater pollution and fall into four categories: 1. Traditional measures – measures taken by most municipalities to filter or remove pollutants from stormwater (e.g. catch basins, leaching basins). 2. Pollution prevention – measures taken to limit pollutant exposure to stormwater (e.g. picking up your pet’s waste, removing floor drains from your garage or automobile repair facility, recycling, and using fertilizers and pesticides responsibly, sparingly or not at all). 3. Low technology initiatives – restoring or maintaining the natural condition of the land to absorb and filter stormwater (e.g. using vegetation or wetlands as buffers, using vegetated swales instead of paved surfaces to direct stormwater, minimizing paved surfaces on your property). 4. High tec
