 King County Road Services - Roadside Ditch Best Management Practices (BMP) ProjectOverviewKing County Road Services undertook this project to study the effectiveness of simple, low-cost, low-maintenance BMPs designed to treat stormwater quality and/or flow control within existing roadside ditches. If effective, these BMPs could offer alternatives to traditional stormwater treatment practices such as retention/detention ponds and vaults. The purpose of the project is to provide guidance and information to municipalities potentially interested in implementing similar stormwater BMPs. Some of the work performed to-date includes: Designing and installing a series of low-cost, easy to install/maintain BMPs and conducting stormwater monitoring; using monitoring data to assess effectiveness of BMPs; and reporting results to the Washington State Department of Ecology and to potentially interested parties. 2009 BMP project locationsWater quality BMPs
Flow control BMPs
Monitoring results (coming soon)
Suggest a siteAn additional four sites are scheduled for study in 2010 but those site locations have not yet been selected. If you would like us to consider a particular location, send an e-mail to Stormwater.BMPs@kingcounty.gov. | Have questions?If you have questions about our stormwater monitoring and treatment efforts, or if you would simply like more information, please contact: Environmental Unit
King County Roads Maintenance Section
155 Monroe Ave. N.E.
Renton, WA 98056
206-205-7107
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