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4.2.3 TSS Reduction Efficiency of Silt Fences ................................................ 27<br />
4.2.4 Turbidity Reduction Efficiency of Silt Fences........................................ 30<br />
4.2.5 Observations of Silt Fence Per<strong>for</strong>mance................................................. 30<br />
4.3 Field Monitor<strong>in</strong>g of a Rock Berm ....................................................................... 31<br />
4.3.1 TSS Reduction Efficiency of Rock Berms.............................................. 32<br />
5. LABORATORY TESTS OF SILT FENCES AND A ROCK BERM................ 35<br />
5.1 Flume Tests ......................................................................................................... 35<br />
5.1.1 Flume and Bulk <strong>Water</strong> Delivery System................................................. 35<br />
5.1.2 The Soil and Suspended Solids Slurry .................................................... 37<br />
5.1.3 Sampl<strong>in</strong>g and Monitor<strong>in</strong>g........................................................................ 40<br />
5.1.4 Base Efficiency of Test<strong>in</strong>g Apparatus..................................................... 40<br />
5.1.5 Description of Tested Controls ............................................................... 41<br />
5.1.6 Hydraulic Behavior of Sediment Controls <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Flume......................... 42<br />
5.1.7 Determ<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g Detention Times <strong>for</strong> Flume Tests....................................... 44<br />
5.1.8 TSS Removal Efficiency......................................................................... 45<br />
5.1.9 Effects of Sediment Clogg<strong>in</strong>g and Ra<strong>in</strong>fall Wash<strong>in</strong>g ............................. 47<br />
5.2 Permeameter Tests .............................................................................................. 48<br />
5.2.1 Methodology ........................................................................................... 48<br />
5.2.2 Results of Permeameter Tests ................................................................. 50<br />
6. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................ 53<br />
7. BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................... 57<br />
APPENDICES ............................................................................................................... 61<br />
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