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

Best management practice, Construction, Maintenance, Management, Streams, Water quality, Roads, BMPs, Ditches, BMP verification, Credits

This fact sheet explains the practice of eliminating roadside ditches in order to: reduce/eliminate stormflow to streams, reduce/eliminate sediment input to streams, and to disconnect the road network from the stream network. It includes an explanation of the feasiblity of the practice, methods for implementation, a standard construction sequence, sediment/nutrient crediting protocols, maintenance and visual indicators, and verification procedures.