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US Water Management > Best Management Practices

Best Management Practices

Sharing best practices with the larger water resources community can increase the efficiency and effectiveness of water resources management.

To locate specific best management practices or filter the list by keyword, enter a search term in the Search Best Management Practices box.

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2010 Washington Metropolitan Area Drought Operations Summary and Lessons Learned

Agency Name Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
Agency Department Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB)-Cooperative Water Supply Operations on the Potomac River (COOP)
Practice Description This report has been written to document events that occurred and lessons that were learned during 2010 drought operations to provide assistance to COOP and water utility staff in future years.
Focus Areas Drought, Water Supply

2011 Post Flood Report

Agency Name Mississippi Valley Division
Agency Department Mississippi Valley Division
Practice Description Lessons learned from the Great Flood of 2011. The 2011 Flood tested the MR&T flood risk management system (FRMS) like no flood before. The purposes of the overall PFR effort were to: 1) evaluate and document the performance of the MR&T System and how it was managed to reduce flood risks during the 2011 Flood; 2) develop a system-wide approach to sequencing repair efforts to effectively address risks and repair the system to pre-flood conditions; and 3) identify and recommend opportunities to improve the System's future performance.
Focus Areas Best Practices, Collaboration, Data, Emergency Response/Disaster Management, Flood, GIS, Risk Management

A Regional Guidebook for Applying the Hydrogeomorphic Approach to Assessing Wetland Functions of Depressional Wetlands in the Upper Des Plaines River Basin

Agency Name Engineer Research & Development Center
Agency Department USACE-ERDC
Practice Description This Regional Guidebook characterizes the wetlands in the Upper Des Plaines River Basin using the hydrogeomorphic (HGM) approach.
Focus Areas Best Practices, Ecosystems, Wetland

Agricultural BMPs

Agency Name Massachusetts
Agency Department Department of Environmental Protection
Practice Description Agricultural "Best Management Practices" are site specific, economically feasible practices that are applied by farmers while accounting for environmental and public health impacts. They are also dynamic in nature and can include new and innovative technologies as they are developed. Because every farm operation is different, BMPs are not intended to be regulatory. However, they are intended to provide guidance on practices that can be implemented on Massachusetts farms.
Focus Areas Agriculture, Best Practices

Applicability of Constructed Wetlands for Army installations

Agency Name Construction Engineering Research Lab
Agency Department USACE ERDC CERL
Practice Description Reviews approaches for creating constructed wetlands
Focus Areas Wetland

Beach Nourishment

Agency Name Massachusetts
Agency Department Department of Environmental Protection
Practice Description Basic steps for Beach Nourishment Projects
Focus Areas Best Practices, Coastal

Best Management Practices Manual for Utility Maintenance in and Adjacent to Wetlands and Waterbodies in New Hampshire

Agency Name New Hampshire
Agency Department New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development
Practice Description The purpose of this manual is to provide guidance to electric, gas, and other service providers and their contractors in order to identify appropriate means and methods for vegetation management and maintaining utility assets in or within the vicinity of jurisdictional wetlands. New Hampshire http://www.nhdfl.org/library/pdf/Publications/DESUtilityBMPrev3.pdf Texas Texas Water Development Board Water Conservation Implementation Task Force Water Conservation Best Management Practices Guide: Texas Water Development Board Report 362 GDS Associates, Inc., Chris Brown Consulting, Axiom-Blair Engineering, Inc. and Tony Gregg, P.E. 2004 The BMPs and the cost effectiveness tools in this Guide are offered to the state's regional water planning groups, water providers, and water users as a tool for planning and designing effective conservation programs. The Guide is organized into three sections, for municipal, industrial and agricultural water user groups ("WUG") with a total of fifty-five BMPs.
Focus Areas Best Practices, Conservation, Outreach/Public Education

Biodegredation for treatment of POL-Contaminated Soil

Agency Name Construction Engineering Research Lab
Agency Department USACE ERDC CERL
Practice Description Report on using biodegredation, a form of bioremediation, for treatment of soil contaminated by petroleum, oil, and lubricants (POL)
Focus Areas Biodegradation, Contaminants, Pol

Biological Nutrient Removal

Agency Name Construction Engineering Research Lab
Agency Department USACE ERDC CERL
Practice Description Information on Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) for Army wastewater treatment plants
Focus Areas Wastewater

Bookmark

Agency Name U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Agency Department Tribal Nations Program
Practice Description bookmark has tribal policy principles on one side and what a tribal liaison does on the other
Focus Areas Ecosystem Restoration, Flood Damage Reduction, International And Transboundary Agreements, Partnerships
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