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Protect Air/Water Quality - Coggle Diagram
Protect Air/Water Quality
Design
Minimize Water Runoff
Design GSI features that direct runoff into compost amended soil/vegetated areas
Minimize impervious surface area
Improve Air Quality and Sound Absorption and Reduce Fuel Use
Specify paints, sealants and coatings that emit low levels of VOCs
Source local materials to reduce transportation
Construction
Prevent Erosion Before and After Construction
Avoid draining, disturbing, filling wetlands
Cover bare soils with tarps, wood chip mulch, compost blankets, etc.
Maximize On-site Water Infiltration and Detention Capacity
Prepare and/or amend soil to maximize WHC, drainage
Install LID and GSI features
Ensure final grades direct rainfall runoff to spread and disperse into soil, swales, GSI features
Reduce Fuel Use and Noise Pollution
Use energy-efficient equipment and power tools
Maintain all equipment and tools in optimal working conditon
Maintenance
Use a closed system management
Recycle and compost organic waste and reuse landscape materials on site
maintain all onsite stormwater infiltration, LID, GSI features
Minimize Point Source Pollution into Stormwater
Base nutrient management inputs on soil tests
Minimize or eliminate use of chemical pesticides
minimuze use of synthetic fertilizers
Minimize Air and Noise Pollution
Maintain vehicles, equipment, and power tools in optimal working conditions
Use energy efficient equipment and power tools