Dewatering plan checklist (free)
- Excavation and expected flow
- Discharge point and receiving water
- Treatment controls
- Daily inspection while discharging
- Records: times, rate, sediment or sheen, photos
- Corrective actions
Contractors pumping water from trenches and excavations
Where is the excavation?
Free dewatering plan checklist for pumping trenches and excavations on a construction site: controls, daily checks and records. Local permits may apply.
- Free to read
- No sign-up until the draft
- Hands off to the right door
ePlan fills in
- Groundwater levels
- Receiving water
- Impaired water
How it works
Dewatering plan checklist, from one answer
- Pin the site and say where the water will go.
- ePlan finds the receiving water and lists controls and daily checks. Your city or state may need its own discharge permit.
- Read the free checklist. Need the whole site plan? Start a SWPPP draft.
What you get
Dewatering plan checklist and 1 more document
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the SWPPP door.
Construction SWPPP
- Site and receiving water
- Erosion and sediment controls
- Inspections
From public data
What ePlan fills in, and from where
- Groundwater levels nearbyUSGS Water Data
- Receiving waterUSGS National Hydrography Dataset
- Impaired watersEPA ATTAINS
Every day
that a dewatering discharge occurs, EPA's construction permit requires an inspection of the dewatering controls
Source: EPA 2022 Construction General Permit, Part 4.3.2
Ready for the paperwork?
Disturbing an acre or more? Answer four questions and get a site-specific SWPPP draft with BMPs, an inspection form and NOI notes. Free to read.
Questions
Dewatering Plan: what people ask
Can I pump excavation water off a construction site?
Only with controls. Federal effluent guidelines prohibit discharges from dewatering, including trenches and excavations, unless they are managed by appropriate controls.
How often must dewatering be inspected?
Under EPA's 2022 Construction General Permit, once per day on which the dewatering discharge occurs. State permits may differ.
What goes in the dewatering record?
Within 24 hours: the date, inspectors, approximate start and end times, estimated rate in gallons per day, any sediment plume, unusual color, odor, foam or sheen, and photos of the water before and after treatment and of the discharge point.
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Dewatering Plan: check it free
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