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Rain Park Garden Maintenance and Inspection Guidance: Monthly

It is recommended that you use this checklist to complete periodic safety checks of the outdoor play area to reduce the potential of accidents and injuries. Regular inspection and maintenance are critical to ensure that rain gardens function as designed and should be performed per the schedule provided as part of routine park maintenance operations.
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07/21/2022

Rain Park Garden Maintenance and Inspection Guidance: Monthly

It is recommended that you use this checklist to complete periodic safety checks of the outdoor play area to reduce the potential of accidents and injuries. Regular inspection and maintenance are critical to ensure that rain gardens function as designed and should be performed per the schedule provided as part of routine park maintenance operations.

    Water from rainfall and spray park flows over land to concrete flow channels and into rain gardens, where water soaks into soil and pollutants are filtered out. Any overflow moves through flow channel on to the next garden, with final discharge at storm sewer.

    Regular inspection and maintenance are critical to ensure that rain gardens function as designed and should be performed per the schedule below as part of routine park maintenance operations:

    Maintenance & Inspection Activities

    Access flow channels and clear out sediment build-up, organic debris and trash with leaf-blower and trash-picker

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Remove any weedy or invasive plants

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Remove sediment build-up from surface of infiltration bed and sediment forebay**

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Remove dead plants and replace with approved species

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Check for and repair soil erosion gullies within the gardens

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Check for and fill animal burrows in or around rain gardens

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    Check signage and report if missing or faded. Clean if tagged.

    • Pass
    • Flag
    • Fail

    All inspections/activities are intended to be performed during the growing season, and on an as-needed basis

    Sediment shall be disposed of offsite in a pre-approved location

    TROUBLESHOOTING AND LONGTERM MAINTENANCE

    Some maintenance and inspection considerations are beyond the basics and may require some troubleshooting

Source: MaintainX (Community Member)

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