A Color Catalog of BMPs

for Erosion and Sediment

Control

Northampton County Conservation District

14 Gracedale Ave. Nazareth PA 18064

(610) 746-1971

Table of Contents Channels:

Channel lined with erosion control matting

Stabilized channel with permanent vegetation

Rip rap channel

Diversion berm/channel

Cable concrete channel

Partially vegetated channel with matting

Rock filter in a temporarily stabilized channel

Sediment Basins:

Temp. perforated riser with trash rack & anti vortex attached to a perm. structure

Emergency spillway with matting

Super silt fence baffle

Plywood baffle

Baffle installed above an impervious basin liner

Dewatering facility

Skimmer attached to a riser

Skimmer resting on horseshoe berm pedestal

Orifice plate in skimmer

Permanent structure with plywood box and trash rack

Sediment Traps:

Embankment sediment trap

Riser style sediment trap

Type M inlet sediment trap

Stabilization:

3 tons/acre straw mulch on a disturbed area

70% uniform perennial vegetative cover

Erosion control slope matting

Turf Re-inforcement matting on a slope

Various matting types from NAG samples etc.

Sediment Barriers:

Straw bale barrier

18” silt fence

30” reinforced silt fence with wire supports

30” reinforced silt fence with hay bales

Super silt fence

Siltsoxx

Rock filter outlet (SF repair)

Inlet Protection:

Filter bag inlet protection in curbed condition

Filter bag inlet protection in sump

Stone inlet protection in curbed condition

Stone inlet protection in sump

Concrete block inlet protection

Outlet Protection:

Rip rap apron

Stilling basin

Structural level spreaders

In-Stream Work BMPs

Pump bypass

Flume bypass

Cofferdam diversion, port-a-dam

Timber mats/Wetland crossing

Temporary stream crossing

Other

Tracking a fill slope

Rock construction entrance

Pumped water filter bag

Slope pipe

Staging Area

Waterbars

CHANNELS

Channel

lined with

erosion

control

matting

Stabilized

channel

with

permanent

vegetation

Rip rap

channel

Diversion

berm/

channel

Cable

concrete

channel

Partially

vegetated

channel

with

matting

Rock filter

in a

temporarily

stabilized

channel

SEDIMENT BASINS

Temporary

perforated

riser with

trash rack

and anti-

vortex

device

attached to

a

permanent

structure

Emergency

spillway

with

matting

Super silt

fence baffle

Plywood

baffle

Baffle

installed

above an

impervious

basin liner

Basin

dewatering

facility

Skimmer

attached to

a riser

Skimmer

resting on

horseshoe

berm

pedestal

Orifice

plate in a

skimmer

Permanent

structure

with

plywood

box and

trash rack

SEDIMENT TRAPS

Embank-

ment

sediment

trap

Riser style

sediment

trap

Type M

inlet

sediment

Trap

STABILIZATION

3 tons/acre

of straw

mulch on a

disturbed

area

70%

uniform

perennial

vegetative

cover

Erosion

control

slope

matting

Turf Re-

inforcement

matting on

a slope

Short term

erosion

control

mattings

Long term

erosion

control

mattings

SEDIMENT

BARRIERS

Straw bale

barrier

18” silt

fence

30” re-

inforced silt

fence with

wire

supports

30” re-

inforced silt

fence with

hay bales

Super silt

fence

Siltsoxx

Rock filter

outlet (SF

repair)

INLET

PROTECTION

Filter bag-

curbed

condition

Filter bag-

sump

condition

Stone inlet

protection-

curbed

condition

Stone inlet

protection-

sump

condition

Concrete

block inlet

protection

OUTLET

PROTECTION

Rip rap

apron

Stilling

basin

Structural

level

spreader

Structural

level

spreader

IN-STREAM WORK

Pump

bypass

Flume

bypass

Cofferdam

diversion

/port-a-dam

Timber

mats/

wetland

crossing

Temporary

stream

crossing

OTHER MISC.

BMPs

Tracking a

fill slope

Rock

construct.

entrance

Pumped

water filter

bag

Slope pipe

Staging

area

Waterbars