Residential scale BMPs are popular option for addressing stormwater. There are a number of practices available, from rain gardens, to tree plantings and rooftop disconnections.
CSN developed the Homeowner Guide For a More Bay-Friendly Property to provide a step by step approach for analyzing a property to find out whether it makes sense to install a rain garden or other residential stewardship practices. We then take you through the design and installation of several of the homeowner practices, so that residents can install them on their own.


Also for more information on accounting for for residential BMPs or small, on-lot practices in the Chesapeake Bay head on over to our Crediting Residential BMPs section of our website.
CSN Webcasts:
[Webcast] MS4 Implementers and the Bay TMDL: Homeowner Stormwater Controls
[Webcast] Building Local Technical Capacity Networks for Small Scale Stormwater BMPs
[Webcast] Managing Nutrients in Residential and Recreational Areas
Increasing the Delivery of Residential Stewardship Practices in Urban Watersheds
Bay-Friendly Practices:
Download “Rain Gardens” 3.-Section-4.1-Rain-Gardens-w-Appendices.pdf – Downloaded 2336 times – 2 MB
Download “Tree Planting” 5.-Section-4.3-Tree-Planting.pdf – Downloaded 1558 times – 446 KB
Download “Bay-Friendly Lawn Care” 1.2-Bay-Friendly-Lawn-Care.pdf – Downloaded 1590 times – 423 KB