BMP Verification

Best Management Practice (BMP) verification is a process that includes initial inspection, follow-up checks and evaluation of BMP performance.

A man gestures toward a large cement watering trough while four people look on with interest.
A farmer shows off a watering system installed on his property, which cows use after being fenced off from streams. (MdAgDept/Flickr)

Best management practice (BMP) verification is “the process through which agency partners ensure practices, treatments and technologies resulting in reductions of nitrogen, phosphorus and/or sediment pollutant loads are implemented and operating correctly.” It can be viewed as a life cycle process that includes initial inspection, follow-up checks and evaluation of BMP performance.

The Bay Program partnership views verification as a life cycle process, including initial inspection, follow-up checks and evaluation of BMP performance.