Aboveground Assets
Managing Stormwater Aboveground
Aboveground stormwater control measures treat stormwater without utilizing underground infrastructure. These are typically assets you can spot on your property including retention ponds, riprap swales or green infrastructure.
Maintaining Aboveground Stormwater Assets
Property owners can visually inspect these assets, or stormwater control measures (SCMs), regularly to ensure they are functioning as designed. Aboveground assets may be confused as landscaping choices, but serve a purpose to treat or store stormwater. These assets can also offer visual appeal for properties. Without maintenance your SCMs are subject to failure and potential regulatory violations.
Inspecting Aboveground Stormwater Assets
Aboveground stormwater assets require regular maintenance as vegetation can quickly grow to an unruly state. In some municipalities, property owners are required to regularly inspect their stormwater systems. This often involves a report conducted by a certified stormwater professional or professional engineer. If your municipality or operation and maintenance agreement requires these inspection reports, call AQUALIS today.
Maintaining Aboveground Stormwater Systems
Lifespan of Aboveground SCMs
The stormwater system on your property was designed before construction began. When originally created, engineers designed stormwater control measures to temporarily store stormwater after significant rain events. Stormwater systems vary greatly across regions and depending on when construction began. Each system has a mix of above and below ground stormwater control measures to properly treat and convey the expected stormwater runoff. To keep these assets in working order, they must be regularly maintained.
Maintenance of Aboveground SCMs:
- Visual inspection of structures
- Vegetation removal
- Sediment removal
- Trash and debris removal
- Clearing inlet and outlet pipes
- Maintain aesthetic appeal
Prolong The Life of Your Stormwater System
AQUALIS offers comprehensive maintenance and regular servicing solutions tailored to your property to ensure your stormwater systems operate correctly while extending the life of your investment and avoiding costly regulatory violations.
Aboveground Stormwater Control Measures
Stormwater asset designed to hold a permanent volume of water at all times with extra capacity for rain events.
Stormwater asset designed to temporarily hold volumes of water during and shortly after a rain event.
Stormwater asset designed to allow runoff to infiltrate therefore improving water quality while slowing water velocity.
Gabion Baskets
Stormwater asset that prevents erosion by stabilizing and retaining sediment.
Stormwater assets that utilize vegetation to mimic natural processes like infiltration
Entry and exit points for stormwater conveyance.
Stormwater asset that allows for natural runoff infiltration to restore ground water supply.
Stormwater asset that disperses runoff along a concrete channel, reducing erosion.
Natural Vegetation Management
A customer site in Lakewood, Wash. was experiencing vegetation overgrowth that was invasive and unsightly. To prevent the vegetation from overtaking stormwater assets, goats were used to naturally remove the plants and protect existing stormwater assets.
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