Storm Water Inspection & Maintenance Blog
Reinforcing BMPs All Winter Long
Rainy season always sounds romantic until you’re the one staring at rills on your soaked slope and a leaning silt fence. As storms stack up and the ground stays saturated, even well-built controls start to sag, clog, or fail. Reinforcing BMPs becomes the difference between a calm, compliant season...
How Tread Cleaning Plates (Rumble Plates) Prevent Track-Out and Complement Street Sweeping
You can spot a busy construction site by its sound, smell, and the dirt it leaves behind. Trucks roll in, haul materials out, and unknowingly carry mud and gravel past the fence line like uninvited souvenirs. That mess breaks compliance laws and drives up cleanup costs. Installing tread cleaning...
Construction Site Street Sweeping: Your Ticket to Happy Neighbors AND Inspectors
Building something worthwhile always creates a little chaos. Dust clouds, scrap debris, and mud streaks seem determined to escape construction entrances and find their way onto public streets. Construction site street sweeping keeps things tidy, keeps the peace with neighbors, and satisfies...
Preparing Storm Water Systems for Winter with SWIMS
As winter nears and the days grow short, preparing storm water systems for winter should be on every property manager’s list. The storms and chills of the season don’t wait for anyone, especially when it comes to drains, filters, and treatment devices that keep your property running smoothly. With...
Prepare Your Construction Site for Winter the Smart Way
Crunch time arrives as the air sharpens, daylight fades, and winter storms loom over California and beyond. Now is the perfect moment to prepare your construction site for winter with care. Cold weather, heavy rains, and surprise freezes can cost more than lost time, they hit the budget and morale...
Essential Storm Drain Service to Keep Your Property Compliant and Flood-Free
Storm drains do a lot of heavy lifting. Most of the time, you don’t think about them. But when they fail, everything else gets messy fast. Storm drain service helps avoid that by keeping everything flowing the way it should before storms hit. Why Storm Drain Service Matters Year-Round California’s...
How to Prepare for California’s Stormwater Compliance Deadline
Picture this: It’s late August 2025. Your construction site is making great progress; steel is going up, concrete curing, the trades are on schedule. But while everyone’s eyes are on the next inspection or milestone, a quiet deadline is sneaking up fast: September 1, 2025. That’s when California’s...
Think Beyond the Grader: Why Stormwater Compliance Doesn’t End After the Grader Leaves
In the early phases of a construction project, stormwater BMPs (Best Management Practices) are often installed by the grader. From straw wattles, silt fencing and inlet protection, these initial controls are treated as a checklist item, installed once and done. But here’s the truth: grading is...
O&M Agreement for New Properties
When a new property is developed, the work does not stop once the concrete sets and the landscaping looks good. Behind the scenes, one of the most important responsibilities is still on the table. That responsibility is establishing an O&M agreement. It is not flashy, but it is essential. What...