Erosion and sediment control plans are an essential part of the design process for civil and environmental engineers working with land-development construction projects. The design must incorporate both erosion and sediment controls that are proven effective, considering the site-specific soil types and particle size distributions, as well as the physical attributes of the project site. As part of the erosion and sediment control design package, engineered sediment ponds are an effective sediment control measure in the design engineer's best management practices (BMP) arsenal. However, the design of these ponds often requires a basin with a large surface area, especially for sites with clay soils, resulting in runoff with a high particle size number of colloidal-sized particles. This presentation focuses on alternatives to implementing sediment ponds/basins in construction area locations where there is limited areal space. Such locations of restricted space include downtown, urban locations and linear projects, such as pipeline construction sites. Examples of both passive and active treatment alternatives will be discussed along with specific design information to be used by engineers for application. The efficacy of both non-proprietary and proprietary sediment-control alternatives will be presented, including available field performance data relative to suspended solids and/or turbidity reduction.