A practice or combination of practices determined to be the most effective means of preventing or reducing the amount of pollution generated by nonpoint sources to a level compatible with water quality goals.
Methods used to control nonpoint source pollution by modifying existing management practices. BMPs include the best structural and non-structural controls and operation and maintenance procedures available. BMPs can be applied before, during, and after pollution-producing activities, to reduce or eliminate the introduction of pollutants into receiving waters. See also "Clean Water Act" and "Coastal Zone Management."
A practice that--while not required by a regulation, order, rule, or other requirement--has been defined by industry or adopted by LLNL as a better-than-normal way an operation or business would be performed or managed.
a practice or combination of practices that prevents or reduces storm water runoff and/or associated pollutants.
A cultural or engineering technique, or a management strategy, that has been determined and accepted to be an effective and practical means of preventing or reducing nonpoint source pollution in a local area.
structural, vegetative, or managerial practices used to protect and improve our surface waters and groundwaters.
Regulatory, structural, or non-structural techniques applied to prevent and reduce nonpoint source pollution. Some examples of BMPs are buffers of streamside vegetation to keep pollutants from entering a watercourse; construction of wetlands to act as natural filters; and better maintenance of lawns and septic systems.
(BMP) an engineered structure or management activity, or combination of these, that eliminates or reduces and adverse environmental effect of a pollutant.
(BMP) A practice or usually a combination of practices that are determined by a state or a designated planning agency to be the most effective and practicable means (including technological, economic, and institutional considerations) of controlling point and nonpoint source pollutants at levels compatible with environmental quality goals (SAF)
A practice or combination of practices that prevent or reduce adverse affects of stormwater runoff and/or associated pollutants.
s (BMPs) - A method or combination of methods that is an effective and practical way (technologically and economically) to prevent or reduce pollution.
A method for preventing or reducing the pollution resulting from an activity. The term originated from rules and regulation in Section 208 of the Clean Water Act. Specific BMPs are defined for each pollution source.
(BMP) Planning, design, and construction practices that minimize the production and transport of sediments.
A method, activity, or procedure for reducing the amount of pollution entering a water body.
A structural device or nonstructural program designed to reduce stormwater runoff and water pollution.
(1)A measure that is implemented to protect water quality and reduce the potential for pollution associated with storm water runoff. (2) Any program, technology, process, siting criteria, operating method, measure, or device that controls, prevents,removes, or reduces pollution.
Forest management practices that reduce erosion and prevent or control water pollution.
Methods that have been determined to be the most effective, practical means of preventing or reducing pollution from nonpoint sources.