Best Management Practices

BMP Manual for Land Disturbance Activity

Best Management Practices (BMPs) are designed to prevent erosion and contain or filter pollutants that would otherwise be carried by stormwater off of the construction site and enter into our local streams. These pollutants can include sediment, construction chemicals, and trash.

AutoCAD BMP Detail Library (.DWG)

• Basin Outfall (PDF)
• Compost Sock (PDF)
• Concrete Washout (PDF)
• Construction Exit - Rock Only (PDF)
• Construction Exit with Rumble Strip (PDF)
• Channel Bypass (PDF)
• Curb Inlet Filter Bag (PDF)
• Dewatering Pit (PDF)
• Dewatering Trap (PDF)
• Flared End Rock Check Filter (PDF)
• Grate Inlet Filter (PDF)
• Lined Masonry Area (PDF)
• Rock Check Dam (PDF)
• Rock Fill Cofferdam (PDF)
• Rolled Erosion Control Product 1 (PDF)
• Rolled Erosion Control Product 2 (PDF)
• Sand Bag Cofferdam (PDF)
• Silt Fence (PDF)
• Sediment Trap (PDF)
• Sock Ditch Check (PDF)
• Stockpile Control (PDF)
• Stream Bypass Pipe (PDF)
• Stream Bypass Pump (PDF)
• Stream Crossing (PDF)
• Sumped Curb Inlet Filter (PDF)
• Temporary Sediment Basin 1 (PDF)
• Temporary Sediment Basin 2 (PDF)
• Temporary Slope Drain (PDF)
• Tree Planting (PDF)
• Tree Protection (PDF)
• Vegetation/Termination (PDF)
• Wattle Slope Interrupter (PDF)

BMP Narratives

• Housekeeping (PDF)
• Soil Binders (PDF)
• Sodding (PDF)
• Seeding (PDF)
• Preservation of Existing Vegetation (PDF)
• Pollution Prevention Procedures (PDF)
• Mulching (PDF)
• Hydroseeding (PDF)

• Post-construction BMPs (PDF)

Reference Manuals and Websites

The following manuals and websites are provided as additional guidance. Not all of the following details provided may work for our geographic region. Please modify details to fit your site as necessary.

• Missouri Department of Natural Resources Protecting Water Quality Field Guide
• EPA’s National Menu of BMPs for Stormwater - Construction
• EPA - Developing a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan