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Inspection and Maintenance: Vegetated Filter Strips (view source)
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==Construction Inspection Tasks==
==Construction Inspection Tasks==
[[File:Grass Filter Strip.jpg MAPC.jpg|thumb|700 px|Example of a properly designed and implemented vegetated grass swale in a parking lot. It's important to check on the BMP after large storm events (>15 mm) to determine it's still in good condition and functioning as designed. (Photo Source: MAPC, 2010)<ref>METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COUNCIL (MAPC). 2010. Fact Sheet: Grass Filter Strips. Witten by: Kit Un. 5 February 2010. Accessed 12 July 2022. https://www.mapc.org/resource-library/fact-sheet-grass-filter-strips/</ref>]]
[[File:Grass Filter Strip.jpg MAPC.jpg|thumb|700 px|Example of a properly designed and implemented vegetated grass swale in a parking lot. It's important to check on the BMP after large storm events (>15 mm) to determine it's still in good condition and functioning as designed. (Photo Source: MAPC, 2010)<ref>METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COUNCIL (MAPC). 2010. Fact Sheet: Grass Filter Strips. Witten by: Kit Un. 5 February 2010. Accessed 12 July 2022. https://www.mapc.org/resource-library/fact-sheet-grass-filter-strips/</ref>]]</br>
[[File:Grass strip planting plan.JPG|700px|thumb|During construction inspections the planting material (types and quantities) selected along with where they are oriented with the grass filter strips should follow the original planting plan. (Photo Source: MAPC and 495/MetroWest Partnership, 2017)<ref>METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COUNCIL (MAPC) and 495/MetroWest Partnership. 2017.Massachusetts Low impact Development Toolkit. Fact Sheet #3: Grass Filter Strips. Accessed 12 July 2022. https://www.mapc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/LID_Fact_Sheet_-_Grass_Filter_Strips.pdf</ref>]]
Construction inspections take place during several points in the construction sequence, specific to the type of LID BMP, but at a minimum should be done '''weekly''' and include the following:
Construction inspections take place during several points in the construction sequence, specific to the type of LID BMP, but at a minimum should be done '''weekly''' and include the following: