Making common sense, common practice in the construction world is sometimes difficult to say the least. The article below does a great job of spelling out the "common sense" activities that didn't happen at Garden Homes, but things many construction companies are also guilty of not doing. If it wasn't for enforcement of the Clean Water Act, our children would have little hope for clean creeks, rivers and lakes.  It's all of our jobs to think of the future implications of our actions today, and keep the dirt out of the creeks. 

Sediment is our nations number one problem child when it comes to fouling up our limited water resources.  Trout are easily killed by sediment, and striped bass cannot reproduce in many of our lakes because of sediments suffocating effects their eggs.  Let's learn from others mistakes and open our eyes up to the very real pollution impacts our individual sites have collectively!

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1) failing to conduct and document weekly inspections;

2) failing to install perimeter silt fencing along the perimeter of their construction sites; 

3) failing to maintain a spill kit on-site; and 

4) allowing fuel to spill on the ground uphill from an unprotected catch basins. 

Repetitive violations continued to persist despite two administrative penalty actions taken by the EPA against affiliates of Garden Homes.