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BMP ID: 5545
Title: Armor roadway ditches and leadoff ditches with rock riprap.
Text: "Control at Inlets & Outlets: In erosive soils, armor roadway ditches and leadoff ditches with rock riprap (Photo 7.7), masonry, concrete lining or, at a minimum, grasses. Ditch dike structures can also be used to dissipate energy and control ditch erosion. (Figure 7.8)." [See Photo 7.7, page 63; Figure 7.8, page 74.]
Source Publication Name: Low-Volume Roads Engineering: Best Management Practices Field Guide
Citation Section: Chapter 7: Drainage of Low-Volume Roads
Citation Page: 61
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Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Construction / Siting / Design
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
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Categories: Soils (Conservation, Pollution, Reclamation)
Location: General / Federal
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Date Entered: 2009-05-26 18:51 UTC
Last Updated: 2011-02-06 12:39 UTC