VA DEQ SWM Inspector Updated Actual Question and
Answer (2026/2027) | 100% Verified Answers
• 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. -✓✓
Impervious cover
• Target pollutant in the water quality criteria -✓✓ Phosphorus
• The lower limit of the range of imperviousness that can result in stream
degradation% -✓✓ 10%
• SWM regulation ensures water quantity is considered to protect against which
two destructive forces? -✓✓ 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. -✓✓ The rate of runoff
• A what must be at least as stringent as the Construction GP (9VAC25-870-106)?
-✓✓ Locality VSMP
• ESC Plan and SWM Plan (9VAC25-870-148) -✓✓ 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
Answer (2026/2027) | 100% Verified Answers
• 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. -✓✓
Impervious cover
• Target pollutant in the water quality criteria -✓✓ Phosphorus
• The lower limit of the range of imperviousness that can result in stream
degradation% -✓✓ 10%
• SWM regulation ensures water quantity is considered to protect against which
two destructive forces? -✓✓ 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. -✓✓ The rate of runoff
• A what must be at least as stringent as the Construction GP (9VAC25-870-106)?
-✓✓ Locality VSMP
• ESC Plan and SWM Plan (9VAC25-870-148) -✓✓ 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
