Stormwater BMP database guides data collection efforts.(Brief Article)

Public Works, May, 2000

The National Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMP) Database software package, Version 1.0, is currently being distributed by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stormwater managers, researchers, regulators, and consultants throughout the country. The user-friendly Microsoft(r) Access-based database software package currently serves two key purposes: to guide data collection, management, and reporting efforts for those monitoring and tracking BMP performance, and to provide access to BMP performance data in a standardized format for over 70 BMP studies conducted over the last 15 years. The database itself is expected to grow over the next few years.

The database software package, which is...

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