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From YouTube: Planter Box Stormwater Inspection | How to
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These planter boxes are stormwater facilities designed to capture and absorb roof runoff. Each year, homeowners need to inspect and submit their information to Arlington County, Virginia. Here’s how to conduct the inspection in three easy steps.
Get started at https://environment.arlingtonva.us/stormwater-watersheds/stormwater-at-home/stormwater-management-facility-inspections/
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It's
time
to
do
your
annual
stormwater
inspection
for
your
planter
box.
This
is
an
inspection
that
you,
as
a
homeowner
can
do
yourself.
Here's
what
to
do
in
three
easy
steps.
First,
find
your
letter
from
the
county
that
has
the
facility
IDs
if
you've
lost
your
letter,
email
us
at
stormwater
inspections
at
Arlington,
Va,
us
and
we'll
get
back
to
you
within
a
couple
of
business
days
with
a
new
letter.
You'll
need
those
facility
IDs
on
the
letter
in
order
to
fill
out
the
online
form.
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Then
you
take
that
picture
right
up
to
there,
it's
important
to
measure
up
to
the
top
of
the
overflow
and
not
to
the
top
of
the
planter
box,
step,
3,
inspect
and
report
once
you've
taken
your
pictures,
it's
time
to
fill
out
and
submit
the
form.
This
can
also
be
done
from
a
mobile
device
enter
the
URL
or
search
online
for
Arlington
stormwater
inspections.
Then
click
on
the
link
for
inspection
report
form
first
enter
your
email
address.
The
facility
ID
and
your
name
check
the
box
to
say
that
you're
conducting
the
inspection
yourself
next
upload.
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If
you
find
an
issue,
you
can
save
your
entries
and
come
back
once
you
fix
the
problem.
That's
why
it's
great
to
start
early,
give
yourself
time
to
finish
up
any
fixes
that
are
needed
before
the
inspection
deadline
and
if
it's
within
the
one-year
warranty
get
your
contractor
to
fix
the
needed
items.
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Next,
we're
going
to
start
filling
out
our
inspection
questions
so,
first
of
all,
we're
going
to
look
for
signs
of
erosion
at
the
inflow,
as
well
as
over
here
at
the
overflow
points.
So
for
our
inflow,
in
this
case
our
cobble
and
also,
if
you
have
a
splash
block,
those
will
really
help
to
prevent
any
kind
of
version.
Next,
we're
gonna
look
for
any
signs
of
sediment
buildup
here
at
the
inflow
point
here.
It
looks
fine.
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Finally,
we're
gonna
look
for
leaves
or
other
debris
that
are
kind
of
filling
in
the
ponding
area.
Here,
in
this
case,
we've
got
the
leaves
over
here
that
can
be
cleaned
out.
So
next
we're
gonna
make
sure
that
there's
enough
ponding
depth.
So
in
this
planter
box
the
ponding
depth
is
1
foot
your
ponding
depth
may
vary,
it
could
be
8
inches
or
6
inches
or
the
foot
full
foot
like
this
one
is
so
in
this
case
we're.
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Okay,
if
you
have
too
much
punning
depth,
that's
typical
in
the
case
of
new
planter
box
rain
gardens.
In
that
case,
you
may
need
to
ask
your
contractor
to
come
back
and
add
some
more
soil
media.
If
you
have
not
enough
ponding
depth,
though,
if
you're
you're
level
of
soil
is
too
high,
you
may
need
to
go
in
and
remove
some
of
the
mulch.
Now
we're
gonna
take
a
look
at
the
vegetation.
First
of
all,
are
there
any
weeds
in
our
planter
box?
So
here
our
planter
box
looks
pretty
good.
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No,
no
weeds
if
you
are
going
through
and
reading,
be
careful
not
to
remove
any
vegetation
that
was
planted
next,
we're
gonna
look
for
any
any
of
the
plants
that
look
like
they're,
dying
or
diseased.
So
in
this
case
we
do
have
one
that
looks
like
it's
in
bad
shape.
That
would
need
to
be
replaced
this
one
also
where
overall,
the
plant
looks
healthy,
but
there
are
some
spots
where
there
might
be
some
die
back.
You
just
want
to
keep
an
eye
on
something
like
that.
Finally,
you
want
to
go
through
and
do
any
pruning.
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That's
necessary.
Alright!
Next,
you
want
to
take
a
look
at
the
mulch.
You
want
to
have
a
mulch
layer,
that's
uniformed
two
to
three
inches
deep.
So
here
you
can
see
that
there
are
some
areas
where
the
mulch
is
a
little
higher
in
some
area,
where
it's
a
little
lower.
You
really
want
to
have
that
uniform
layer,
so
you
may
need
to
move
some
around
now
we're
going
to
take
a
look
at
the
planter
box
walls,
so
here
we're
looking
for
any
kinds
of
cracks
or
separation
settling
any
kind
of
rotting
or
deteriorating
material
buckling.
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Anything
that
would
be
a
sign
of
water
damage.
That
would
be
a
problem
that
would
be
to
be
fixed.
Then
we're
gonna
take
a
look
at
our
observation
well
or
overflow,
and
make
sure
that
the
cap
is
still
in
place
here.
It
is
which
is
great,
then
you're,
gonna,
sign
and
submit.
Remember
the
most
important
thing
is
to
get
us
your
inspection
information
on
time.