| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Best management practices | Agriculture | A conservation practice or combination of practices designed to maintain agricultural productivity while reducing point- and nonpoint- source water pollution. State water quality agencies (or their designees) determine BMPs to fit local conditions and to make the most efficient use of natural resources and purchased inputs. (BMP). (references) | |
| Best Management Practices | Environment | Effective, feasible (considering technological, economic, and institutional constraints) conservation practices and land- and water-management measures that avoid or minimize adverse impacts to natural and cultural resources. Best Management Practices may include schedules for activities, prohibitions, maintenance guidelines, and other management practices. (references) | |
| Best management practices (BMP) | Administration | (1) A generally accepted practice for some aspect of natural resources management, such as water conservation measures, drainage management measures, or erosion control measures. Typically incorporates conservation criteria. (2) A set of field activities that provide the most effective means for reducing pollution from a nonpoint source. (3) Accepted methods for controlling Non-Point Source (NPS) Pollution as defined by the 1977 Clean Water Act (CWA); may include one or more conservation practices. Also refers to water conservation techniques of proven value. See, for example, Best Management Practices (BMP) - Urban Water Use. (references) | |
| Best management practices (BMP) | Environment | 1: Structural, nonstructural, and managerial techniques recognized to be the most effective and practical means to reduce surface water and ground water contamination while still allowing the productive use of resources. (references) | |
| 2: Methods, measures, or practices designed to prevent or reduce water pollution. Not limited to structural and nonstructural controls, and procedures for operations and maintenance. Usually, Best Management Practices are applied as a system of practices rather than a single practice. (references) | |||
| Best management practices (BMP) | Forestry | United States Environmental Protection Agency and State of California approved management practices designed to protect, maintain, or improve water quality by preventative rather than corrective means. (references) | |
| Best Management Practices (BMP)–Urban Water Use | Administration | Water conservation measures that generally meet one of two criteria: (1) Constitutes an established and generally accepted practice among water purveyors that provides for the more efficient use of existing water supplies or contributes towards the conservation of water; or (2) Practices which provide sufficient data to clearly indicate their value, are technically and economically reasonable, are environmentally and socially acceptable, are reasonably capable of being implemented by water purveyors and users, and for which significant conservation or conservation-related benefits can be achieved. (references) | |
| Best management practices (BMPs) | Agriculture | Structural, nonstructural and managerial techniques that are recognized to be the most effective and practical means to control nonpoint source pollutants yet are compatible with the productive use of the resource to which they are applied. BMPs are used in both urban and agricultural areas. (references) | |
| Best management practices (BMPs) | Forestry | Practices designed to prevent or reduce water pollution, including sedimentation. (references) | |
| Best management practices (BMPs) | Mining | A practice or usually a combination of practices that are determined by a State or a designated planning agency to be the most effective and practicable means (including technological, economic, and institutional considerations) of controlling point and nonpoint source pollutants at levels compatible with environmental quality goals. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
