Center for Watershed Protection, Inc. 2019. Ditch Treatment Fact Sheet. Center for Watershed Protection, Inc.

Best management practice, Construction, Management, Performance enhancing devices, Soils, PEDs, BMPs, Design, Ditches, BMP verification, Soil amendments, Soil blends

This fact sheet explains the practice of treating roadside ditches by improving the ditch shape or replacing the existing soil with more permeable material or adding amendments for enhanced pollutant removal. It includes an explanation of the feasiblity of the practice, site/practice selection guidance, a typical design and construction sequence, sediment/nutrient crediting protocols, maintenance and visual indicators, and verification procedures.