BMP Guide
Give staff a consistent field reference for stormwater BMPs.
The BMP Guide is one part of the broader NPDESTracker platform — built into the same workspace that holds inspections, sites, notices, follow-up tasks, GIS context, and reporting. Per-BMP descriptions, what to look at in the field, what good condition looks like, and which corrective actions match the deficiency. A practical training-support resource for new staff, scoped to field inspection work. The public sample workspace shows the daily overview; the full BMP reference inside the inspection form is walked through on request.
01 · Reference content
The reference your inspectors actually reach for.
Stormwater BMP guidance lives in a lot of places: design manuals, county addenda, manufacturer specs, and the institutional knowledge of one or two long-tenured staff. Field inspectors do not carry all of that into the truck. The BMP Guide pulls the inspection-relevant guidance into one searchable reference, scoped to the BMPs municipal programs actually run into.
- Per-BMP descriptions covering purpose, applicability, and inspection focus
- Field guidance for what to look at and what good condition looks like
- Common deficiency patterns and the corrective actions that match them
- Inspection cadence guidance by BMP type
- Cross-references to the relevant MCM and to the inspection workflow
02 · Inspection support
Same reference, on every inspection.
The BMP Guide is linked directly from the inspection form. When an inspector opens a post-construction BMP record or a structure inspection, the relevant reference entry is one tap away. New hires and rotating contractor crews get the same guidance the senior coordinator would point them to, without anyone having to re-explain it on the day. Detailed in the inspections page.
- Linked from the inspection form so the inspector reads the same guidance the program is held to
- Shared reference across new and experienced staff
- Consistent corrective-action language across inspectors
- Faster onboarding for newly hired or rotating field staff
- A single place to update guidance instead of versioned PDFs in shared drives
03 · Training support
A reference that supports training without replacing it.
New staff onboarding and contractor crew turnover are the two places MS4 programs lose institutional knowledge fastest. A consistent reference library that lives in the workspace, alongside the inspection forms and the program records, narrows the onboarding gap. New inspectors read the same guidance the program is held to, on the day they need it.
The BMP Guide is a working reference for the hands-on training your program already runs, for new-hire orientation, and as the source of truth a supervisor links to when reviewing inspection findings. Scoped to field reference, not course management.
Scope: a practical field reference, not a course-management or certification platform. The BMP Guide content is referenced inside inspection workflows in the same workspace. See Terms for the full posture.
See it on sample data.
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