Snow in NoVA/DC?MD

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...pollute our waterways with salt/sand.

You crack me up Mike. Sand polution?

why do you think we attempt to contain all the particulates when breaking ground for new construction (that is what those silly black barriers are for)? so it doesn't get in our waterways! because it wasn't meant to be there! because objects foreign to the environment kill the things that live there. yes, i'm saying dirt particles are on par with sand.

actually that is there to combat erosion. Not to keep dirt out of the river...

It serves both purposes actually. When I was out in the field, the VA and Federal DEQ were just as strict about erosion / sediment control guidelines as OSHA was about jobsite safety. A builder / developer can face some HEFTY fines if they're not in compliance with engineer-approved erosion control plans.

I actually went through a DEQ inspection and it was not fun. Fortunately we had most of our ducks in a row, although the inspector was extremely picky about even small tears in the bottom of silt fence and such. Which is pretty hard to catch when you have thousands and thousands of feet of it all over your community =P