SWM DEQ FINAL SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Post-construction.
Answer: When the stormwater management plan address runoff
●● Volume and velocity of stormwater runoff increases as natural
vegetation is replaced with these surfaces. The increase in stormwater
runoff leads to an increase in pollutants, such as sediment and
phosphorus that are carried to waterways..
Answer: Impervious cover
●● Target pollutant in the water quality criteria.
Answer: Phosphorus
●● The lower limit of the range of imperviousness that can result in
stream degradation%.
Answer: 10%
●● SWM regulation ensures water quantity is considered to protect
against which two destructive forces?.
Answer: Channel erosion and flooding
, ●● This increases after development because of the replacement of
vegetation with impervious surfaces. A larger volume of water will
travel more quickly through a stream channel, potentially causing
erosion and flooding..
Answer: The rate of runoff
●● A what must be at least as stringent as the Construction GP
(9VAC25-870-106)?.
Answer: Locality VSMP
●● ESC Plan and SWM Plan (9VAC25-870-148).
Answer: Plans a locality's ordinance must require to be submitted and
approved.
●● No state registration statement; no SWPPP; incomplete SWPPP;
SWPPP not available for review; no approved ESC plan; failure to
install stormwater management BMPs or ESCs; stormwater BMPs or
erosion and sediment controls improperly installed or maintained;
operation deficiencies; failure to conduct required inspections;
incomplete, improper, or missed inspections.
Answer: Violations for which a penalty may be imposed
●● $32500.
Answer: Maximum penalty a locality can impose under the stormwater
act
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Post-construction.
Answer: When the stormwater management plan address runoff
●● Volume and velocity of stormwater runoff increases as natural
vegetation is replaced with these surfaces. The increase in stormwater
runoff leads to an increase in pollutants, such as sediment and
phosphorus that are carried to waterways..
Answer: Impervious cover
●● Target pollutant in the water quality criteria.
Answer: Phosphorus
●● The lower limit of the range of imperviousness that can result in
stream degradation%.
Answer: 10%
●● SWM regulation ensures water quantity is considered to protect
against which two destructive forces?.
Answer: Channel erosion and flooding
, ●● This increases after development because of the replacement of
vegetation with impervious surfaces. A larger volume of water will
travel more quickly through a stream channel, potentially causing
erosion and flooding..
Answer: The rate of runoff
●● A what must be at least as stringent as the Construction GP
(9VAC25-870-106)?.
Answer: Locality VSMP
●● ESC Plan and SWM Plan (9VAC25-870-148).
Answer: Plans a locality's ordinance must require to be submitted and
approved.
●● No state registration statement; no SWPPP; incomplete SWPPP;
SWPPP not available for review; no approved ESC plan; failure to
install stormwater management BMPs or ESCs; stormwater BMPs or
erosion and sediment controls improperly installed or maintained;
operation deficiencies; failure to conduct required inspections;
incomplete, improper, or missed inspections.
Answer: Violations for which a penalty may be imposed
●● $32500.
Answer: Maximum penalty a locality can impose under the stormwater
act
