URBAN COUNTY BENEFITS FROM SEDIMENT CONTROL POLICY
WHILE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MANY YEARS AGO ATTACKED THE PROBLEMS OF TOPSOIL LOSS AND GULLYING IN RURAL AREAS, SOIL EROSION RESULTING FROM THE CLEARANCE OF LAND IN URBAN DEVELOPMENTS HAS RECEIVED FAR LESS ATTENTION. IN 1968 BALTIMORE COUNTY UNDERTOOK A SEDIMENT CONTROL PROGRAM THAT REQUIRED ALL BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS TO OBTAIN A GRADING PERMIT BEFORE STRIPPING THE LAND; SUCH A PERMIT COULD NOT BE GRANTED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN ADEQUATE EROSION CONTROL PLAN. SIX MAJOR CONTROL MEASURES RECOMMENDED BY THE COUNTY'S SEDIMENTATION CONTROL MANUAL ARE DESCRIBED, AND THE BENEFITS REALIZED BY THE PROGRAM TO DATE ARE REVIEWED.
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Availability:
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Authors:
- Kaltenbach, A B
- Publication Date: 1972-3
Media Info
- Features: Photos;
- Pagination: p. 66-8
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Serial:
- Public Works
- Volume: 103
- Issue Number: 3
- Publisher: Hanley Wood
- ISSN: 0033-3840
- Serial URL: http://www.pwmag.com
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Development; Erosion control; Grading (Earthwork); Methodology; Real estate development; Sediments; Urban areas
- Uncontrolled Terms: Grading
- Subject Areas: Construction; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00215544
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 23 1973 12:00AM