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BMP ID: 5574
Title: Add a trash rack upstream of the pipe or at the pipe entrance.
Text: "Drainage Crossing Culverts: On existing pipes with plugging potential, add a trash rack upstream of the pipe or at the pipe entrance (inlet) to trap debris before plugging the pipe (Figure 8.6, Photo 8.5). Trash racks may be constructed with logs, pipe, rebar, angle iron, railroad rail, H-Piles, and so on. However, trash racks typically require additional and cleaning. They are undesirable if other alternatives, such as installing a larger pipe, are available."
Source Publication Name: Low-Volume Roads Engineering: Best Management Practices Field Guide
Citation Section: Chapter 8: Culvert Use, Installation, and Sizing
Citation Page: 88
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Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Construction / Siting / Design
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Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
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Categories: Land Surface Disturbance
Location: General / Federal
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Date Entered: 2009-05-27 14:47 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-09-04 09:56 UTC