Introduction to Stormwater BMP Inspections

Stormwater BMP Inspections can be used to streamline stormwater inspections, monitor inspection activities, and manage private stormwater BMP maintenance activities.

Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs) combine techniques and specific infrastructure to manage stormwater runoff and protect water quality. Like other stormwater assets, routine inspections are essential to ensure Stormwater BMPs continue to function properly.

Stormwater BMPs can be located on public and private land and stormwater organizations responsible for the entire system may not be responsible for every BMP inspection and maintenance activity. This complicates routine inspection and maintenance activities designed to manage runoff and protect water quality. Understanding where a stormwater BMP asset is located and who is responsible for the asset is critical. Implementing a comprehensive stormwater inspection program simplifies reporting and regulatory compliance

Deploy the solution

This solution can be deployed in your ArcGIS organization.

Deploy the solution

See Deploying a solution for more information.

Requirements

Stormwater BMP Inspections requires the following:

  • ArcGIS Online
  • ArcGIS Hub Premium (optional)
  • ArcGIS Field Maps
Note:

ArcGIS Hub Premium is required for external workflows.

Information products

Stormwater BMP Inspections includes the following information products:

ItemDescriptionMinimum user type

Stormwater BMP Inspections Field Editor

An ArcGIS Field Maps map used by stormwater inspectors to perform inspections in the field

Mobile Worker

Stormwater BMP

An ArcGIS Hub site used by the general public to learn about stormwater BMPs in their community

Not required

Private Stormwater BMP Verifications Center

An ArcGIS Instant Apps app used by stormwater managers to manage applications and verification submittals of stormwater BMPs from private property owners

Contributor

Stormwater BMP Inspections Center

An ArcGIS Instant Apps app used by stormwater managers to manage stormwater BMP inspections

Contributor

Stormwater BMP Inspections Viewer

An ArcGIS Instant Apps app used by office staff to view stormwater BMP inspections data

Viewer

Stormwater BMP Submission Notebook

An ArcGIS Notebooks notebook used by GIS professionals to enable public submissions of stormwater BMPs on public property

Creator

BMP Point Inspection Extend Schema

An ArcGIS Notebooks notebook used by GIS professionals to extend the stormwater BMP inspection table schema

Creator

Responsible Party Application

An ArcGIS Survey123 form used by private property owners to apply to submit stormwater BMP materials electronically.

Community account (optional)

Private Stormwater BMP Submissions

An ArcGIS Dashboards app used by private property owners to submit stormwater BMP verification information electronically.

Community account (optional)

When you deploy this solution in your ArcGIS organization, you also get a solution item that organizes the key information products and summarizes all the ArcGIS items (applications, forms, projects, maps, feature layers, feature layer views, and so on) included with the solution. The solution item also illustrates any dependencies items have on each other.

Data dictionary

Review the data structure and descriptions of the layers included in the solution.

NameDescription
BMP Inspection Schema

A reference guide to the BMP Inspection Schema table that provides an overview of the data structure, field descriptions, and other metadata about the layers.

Stormwater System

A reference guide to the Stormwater System feature service that provides an overview of the data structure, field descriptions, and other metadata about the layers.

Release notes

The following are the release notes:

VersionDescription
1.0 (Jul 2025)
  • First release of Stormwater BMP Inspections