Tuesday, August 07, 2007

A swirling whirlpool of sedimentation in Beachwood, Ohio

This video was shot by the BSI Field Team immediately after a huge downpour on the seventh day of August, 2007 in Beachwood, Ohio. Just off Chagrin Road and east of 271.

The clip shows the final draining of a puddle in a parking lot of a large office building. The drain finally catches up with the sheet flow of rainwater across the impervious surfaced lot.

The video was shot with the intent of highlighting sedimentation and its dramatic impacts. Sediment carried by stormwater from areas of exposed soil comprises one of the most significant pollutant issues facing our great lake.

National Polltant Discharge Elimination System Permits for construction projects LINK are the State of Ohio's attempts to curtail this growing issue.

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