EROSION CONTROL
ON CONSTRUCTION
SITES
Following a few basic
principles will keep the silt
on the site without costing
you an arm and a leg
Sediment is being discharged
into this stream (inset)
because the stream banks
were not stabilized by
seeding and mulching or
other erosion-control
measures, which should
happen immediately after
grading.
"Under the threat of court injunction,
the Acme Corporation and its
contractor agreed to stop work on a
condo project until proper erosion-control
measures are installed." This type
of news story is now a familiar sight in
daily newspapers in Vermont and other
New England states.
In the past few years, water-pollution
concerns have shifted from failed septic-
systems to discharges of sediment
into state waters. The focus has shifted
due to the