Stormwater NPDES permits require post-construction runoff controls for new developments. Getting those Best Management Practices (BMPs) in place can be a challenge, but it can be even more difficult to meet another permit requirement: inspecting and maintaining those BMPs to make sure they keep doing the job.Forward-thinking municipalities have developed programs to keep BMPs clean and functional on public as well as private properties. For example, Montgomery County, Md., hires contractors to maintain BMPs on public land and follows up to make sure private landowners take proper care of their runoff-control facilities.Meanwhile, the City of Red-mond, Wash., inspects BMPs on
