Tag: Ross Turpin

Build a Rain Garden into Your SWPPP (con’t)

By Clare Condon Apr 7, 2015 Special Topics in Environmental Management

Updated: Aug 22, 2017

Advisor: What is the average life span of a properly maintained rain garden? RT: Don’t know yet. They haven’t been used long enough in this manner to know when they are done. Research indicates that they do better as they get older. As the biota [Advisor Note:  animal and plants of a particular region] in […]

Build a Rain Garden into Your Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan

By Clare Condon Apr 6, 2015 Special Topics in Environmental Management

Updated: Aug 22, 2017

The development and implementation of the BMP is what ultimately decides the effectiveness of an SWPPP. In managing stormwater, BMPs can be broken down into two types: structural BMPs and nonstructural BMPs. Today, we will focus on structural BMPs (which as you can imagine are physical structures) in the form of rain gardens. EcoGro, based […]