Stormwater permits expect soil to stay on your site. We source silt fence, inlet protection, wattles and stabilized entrances from local providers in the markets we serve, and schedule them with your toilets, washout and containers. Availability varies by market.
What it is
Erosion controls keep soil in place, with cover and stabilization. Sediment controls catch the soil that moves before it leaves the site or reaches a drain. Most sites need both, and the stormwater plan says which go where.
Common controls
When a job needs it
Controls go in before the earthwork they protect, and stay until the ground is stable.
Any time soil is exposed and rain can move it.
Under EPA's permit, sites that disturb one acre or more, or are part of a larger plan that will.
Storm drain inlets on or next to the site, or water within 50 feet of the disturbance.
Soil and debris piles need a barrier on the downhill side, and cover when they sit unused.
The rules
EPA's 2022 Construction General Permit applies where EPA is the permitting authority. Most states run their own permits with similar rules, so check yours.
CGP Part 2.2.3
Install sediment controls along any perimeter downslope of exposed soil, such as silt fence, compost filter socks, filter berms or gravel barriers. Run them on the contour with the ends turned up the slope, and remove sediment before it reaches half the height of the control above ground.1
CGP Part 2.2.10
Install inlet protection at inlets that carry your stormwater to a receiving water, where you have access, and clean or replace it as sediment builds up. Sediment next to an inlet comes out by the end of the same business day, or the next if that is not feasible.1
CGP Part 2.2.5
Put a sediment barrier, such as fiber rolls, silt fence or sandbags, along the downhill side of soil and land clearing piles, and cover or stabilize piles that will sit unused for 14 days or more.1
CGP Parts 2.1.3 and 2.1.4
Controls needed for the next phase go in before that earth disturbance starts. Routine maintenance starts right away and is finished by the close of the next business day, or within seven calendar days where that is infeasible and documented.1
Your stormwater plan decides which controls go where. We source local providers to supply and install them. See SWPPP site services.
Send us the plan and the dates. We source a local provider to supply and install the controls.
The options
Each control has a place on the site and a way it fails. Inspections look for both.
| Control | Where it goes | Watch for |
|---|---|---|
| Silt fence | The downslope perimeter of disturbed ground | Undercutting, and sediment past half its height |
| Fiber rolls or wattles | On the contour, at slope toes and around stockpiles | Gaps between rolls and loose stakes |
| Inlet protection | Storm drain inlets on and next to the site | Clogging, and sediment building up beside it |
| Stabilized entrance | Every exit onto a paved road | Stone packed with mud, and tracking onto the street |
How it works with Detritus
You get one point of contact. A local provider supplies, installs and repairs the controls.
The stormwater or erosion control plan, the site map and the phases.
Materials and installation from a provider in your market, quoted with your other site services.
Controls go in before the earthwork they protect.
After an inspection or a storm, call us and we schedule the provider to fix or replace controls.
Temporary controls come out once the site is stabilized.
For a quote
A plan sheet is the fastest way to a quote. Without one, these answers get us close.
Common questions
Erosion control keeps soil in place, for example with cover and stabilization. Sediment control catches soil that has moved, for example with silt fence, fiber rolls and inlet protection.
If your site is covered by EPA's construction permit, it needs sediment controls along perimeters downslope of disturbed areas, and silt fence is one example. Your state permit may set its own rules.
A filter or barrier at a storm drain inlet that removes sediment before stormwater goes into the drain.
Under EPA's construction permit, before it reaches half of the above-ground height of the perimeter control. Repair any undercutting after a storm.
We source them through local providers in the markets we serve. Tell us the site and the plan.
Call sales at (888) 588-2607 or request a quote with the address, the plan and the dates.
Local providers do the work. We source them, schedule them with your toilets, washout and containers, and send one bill.
Read next
Sources