Stormwater
management in California is very important. In order to do proper
stormwater management,
you also have to do proper site management.
A lot of
operations struggle taking good storm water samples. For a variety of reasons,
collecting good samples can be tricky for most people to do although it doesn’t
need to be the case. By finding out from good sources what you need to do in
order to collect good samples, you can avoid a lot of stress and wasted time,
money and effort. If not for any other reason, simply doing the job well and
the way it is meant to be done will be a good motivation for people collecting
storm water samples to want to do the job well. Below are a few pointers that
will be helpful if you want to collect storm water samples the right way.
Stormwater
management in California, is very important to the people who
live in the area. As such, it is important to collect storm water samples in
the right way if you want to avoid a lot of trouble that could cause a lot of
suffering to a lot of people.
By and large, there is a lot of information that is
available to those who are keen enough to pay attention to the details. For
instance, in your storm water permit, you will often find some guidelines on
what you need to do in order to collect samples in the right way. If you do not
understand the guidelines in the document, then the best thing to do is to get
some help immediately and if possible get some training so that you can be more
aware of what is required of you. That being said, normally, the permit will
give you some information including when you can take a sample and when you
cannot, how long you should wait after it starts raining and so on. Depending
on the different tests that need to be done, you will often need to follow
different rules including samples for finding out the PH and other important
testing factors.
In order to do proper stormwater management, you also have to do proper site management. This is what
will allow you to get better sample each time you need one. For instance, if you
know the storm water outfall locations like the back of your hand, then you
will be very clear about where you need to get the samples that will be of the
most use to you. There are several tricks that you can use in order to get
better acquainted with the storm water outfall locations. Simply taking a few
photos and annotating them and having them stored in a file or folder or even
in your computer will help you to easily identify and remember the important
locations that you need to be properly acquainted with. Additionally, regularly
inspecting discharge locations and making sure that storm water sampling locations are always clean is good practice to get used to.
