Archive for July 2022

Sedimentation can have harmful effects on our ecosystem. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states the following, “Sediment in stream beds disrupts the natural food chain by destroying the habitat where the smallest stream organisms live and causing massive declines in fish populations.â€. There are many other physical effects that can occur from sedimentation. The Florida…

The goal of a quality Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) is to promote stormwater management and erosion and sediment control. Stormwater runoff from construction sites can create harmful impacts to nearby rivers, lakes, and coastal waters. Construction sites are expected to establish a SWPPP defining specific best management practices (BMPs) that will help prevent stormwater…

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) basically defines nonpoint Source pollution as any source of water pollution that does not meet the legal definition of “point source†in section 502(14) of the Clean Water Act: “The term point source means any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel,…