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→Snow Piles
===Snow Piles===
===Snow Piles===
[[File Snow pile.jpg|thumb|Not quite well graded enough; the puddle in the foreground will be ice come nightfall.]]
*Storage locations for snow piles should be in sunny areas with low traffic.
*Storage locations for snow piles should be in sunny areas with low traffic.
*Consider grading the storage location to distribute the melt-water as sheet flow over a [[Vegetated filter strips|grass filter strip]] into an adjacent BMP, such as a [[Bioretention|bioretention cell]] or [[Infiltration trenches|infiltration trench]]. In some cases, with careful vegetation selection and adequate drainage, the BMP itself can serve as a snow storage location.
*Consider grading the storage location to distribute the melt-water as sheet flow over a [[Vegetated filter strips|grass filter strip]] into an adjacent BMP, such as a [[Bioretention|bioretention cell]] or [[Infiltration trenches|infiltration trench]]. In some cases, with careful vegetation selection and adequate drainage, the BMP itself can serve as a snow storage location.