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BEsT MANAGEMENT PRACTICEs HANDbooK - Tahoe BMP

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inches. Take care to ensure that no gaps exist between the fiberroll and the pavement.B. Gravel Bag Barrier: Use these highly permeable bags to create a smallsediment trap upstream of inlets on sloped paved streets. Apply them insheet flow areas when concentrated flow velocities may exceed 0.5 cubicfeet per second, and where overtopping is required to prevent flooding.1. Use gravel bags made of geotextile fabric filled with 3/4 inchdiameter, cleaned, washed gravel.2. Do not use burlap wrapped bags or sand filled bags.3. Leave space upstream of barrier for water to pond and sediment tosettle.4. Place one or several layers of overlapping bags packed tightly togetheraround the drain inlet.C. Geotextile Fabric or Pre-Made Proprietary DI Protection Device: Usefor all drain inlets along with one or more of the following devices. Placegeotextile fabric underneath the grate and place the grate placed on top.Be sure to overlap the fabric outside of the grate to ensure a proper seal.For pre-made proprietary devices, refer to the manufacturer’s installationinstructions.D. Silt Fence: Use in areas where grading has been completed and final soilstabilization and seeding are pending. Use in drainage areas having slopesless than a 5 percent slope and velocities of sheet flow less than 0.5 cubicfeet per second. Do not use in paved areas and other areas havingconcentrated flows.1. Refer to Section 4.5.2.4, Silt Fence for more details regardinginstallation instructions. Do not allow the distance between weightsor stakes for DI protection to exceed 3 feet.2. Place and stake geotextile fabric on the bare soil between the silt fenceand the DI, to help prevent erosion of the bare soil.E. Block and Gravel Filter: Consider using for curb inlets commonly usedin residential, commercial, and industrial construction. Apply whereflow velocities are greater than 0.5 cubic feet per second.1. Place concrete blocks lengthwise on their sides in a single row aroundthe perimeter of the inlet, so that the open ends face outward, notupward. Abut the ends of adjacent blocks. Place the bottom layer ofblocks 2 inches below the soil surface, flush against the drain forstability. Install barrier heights of 12-24 inches, by stacking blocksthat are 4, 8, or 12 inches high.2. Place geotextile fabric over the outside vertical face (open end) of theconcrete blocks to prevent stone from being washed through theblocks. If more than one sheet of fabric is needed, overlap by at least 1foot.3. Pile angular, washed gravel against the fabric up to the top of theblocks, with a slope no greater than 2:1 (run to rise). Use ¾ to 3 inchgravel.TRPA <strong>BMP</strong> HandbookChapter 4: <strong>BMP</strong> Toolkit2012 Page 3

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