Technical Report
The Pond Protocol Document
CSN Technical Bulletin No. 9, The Pond Protocol: Visual Indicators for Maintaining and Managing Legacy Stormwater Ponds (October 2016), presents a rapid visual inspection method for assessing the safety and water quality performance of existing stormwater ponds across the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The report establishes a simple pass/fail system and performance categories to guide maintenance, retrofit, and management decisions for aging pond infrastructure under MS4 and TMDL requirements.
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