Retrofitting and Maintenance

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Retrofitting and Maintenance
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Regular Maintenance is Necessary

• Failure to Perform Maintenance Leads to..
• Diminished Performance
• Deterioration
• Failure
• Health and Safety Problems

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Health and Safety Problems associated with
Irregular Maintenance Include..

• Mosquito breeding
• Vermin
• Potential for Drowning

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Maintenance Plans Must Include the Following

• The name and phone number of the person or
  persons responsible for maintenance
• Specific preventative and corrective maintenance
  tasks
• A schedule of regular inspections and tasks
• Cost estimates of maintenance tasks
• Detailed logs of all preventative and corrective
  maintenance tasks

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Maintenance Plans Should Include the Following

• Inventory of maintenance equipment needed
• Recommended corrective responses to emergency
  conditions
• Maintenance, repair and replacement instructions
• Procedures and equipment required to protect
  safety of inspection personnel
• Approved disposal and recycling sites
• Copies of manufacturers warranties
• Construction plans for the stormwater management
  measure

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Maintenance Plan Considerations

• Access
• Training of Maintenance Personnel
• Aesthetics

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Required Maintenance Plan Procedures

• Copies of maintenance plan must be provided to
  the owner of the stormwater management measure
• Title and date of maintenance plan
• Name address and telephone number of person
  responsible for the maintenance plan
• Person responsible for the plan must evaluate the
  plan annually
• Detailed logs of all preventative and corrective
  maintenance tasks
• Person with maintenance responsibility must
  retain and make available the maintenance plan
  and associated logs

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Retrofitting

• Expanding existing stormwater management measures
• Modifying existing stormwater management measures
• Upgrading existing stormwater management measures
• Before Retrofit After Retrofit

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Benefits

• Address problems caused by smaller storms not
  typically addressed in older facilities
• Correct site nuisances, aesthetic problems and
  maintenance problems

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Factors to Consider When Retrofitting

• Cost
• Need
• Health
• Safety
• Effectiveness (see LID and outlets .ppts)
• Maintenance