Which statement best describes Non-structural BMPs?

Which statement best describes Non-structural BMPs?

• A. Education, policy changes, behavior modification
• B. Structural water control devices
• C. Concrete ditches
• D. Chemical treatment of runoff

Answer: (A)

Non-structural BMPs focus on reducing pollution without constructing new physical infrastructure. They achieve this through education, policy changes, and behavior modification to prevent runoff and to promote practices that keep pollutants out of the water in the first place. This description fits the option that lists education, policy changes, and behavior modification, because it emphasizes guiding people and systems to manage land and resources in ways that minimize runoff and contamination. In contrast, structural water control devices rely on built features like basins or channels, concrete ditches are physical conduits, and chemical treatment of runoff adds substances to treat water rather than preventing pollution at the source, so these are not non-structural BMPs.

Non-structural BMPs focus on reducing pollution without constructing new physical infrastructure. They achieve this through education, policy changes, and behavior modification to prevent runoff and to promote practices that keep pollutants out of the water in the first place. This description fits the option that lists education, policy changes, and behavior modification, because it emphasizes guiding people and systems to manage land and resources in ways that minimize runoff and contamination. In contrast, structural water control devices rely on built features like basins or channels, concrete ditches are physical conduits, and chemical treatment of runoff adds substances to treat water rather than preventing pollution at the source, so these are not non-structural BMPs.