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WRC Home > Outreach and Public Engagement > Nutrients and Water Quality > Stormwater Management > BMP Assessment

Assessment of Stormwater Best Management Practices

Level 1 - Visual Inspection

A rapid assessment procedure for qualitatively evaluating the functionality of a stormwater BMP. Visual inspections use a set of criteria that, under certain circumstances, determine if the stormwater BMP is not functioning properly. An example of visual inspection for a bioretention practice (rain garden) is shown below:

A functional rain garden (left), Burnsville, MN and a nonfunctional rain garden (right), Maplewood, MN (Photos by Brooke Asleson)

Level 2 - Capacity Testing >>

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