Silt fence patch and methods thereof

A silt fence patch sheet, comprising:

• a geotextile sheet, the geotextile sheet comprises
• a permeable geotextile fabric, the fabric having a front side and a back side;
• and
• indicia of a plurality of permeable silt fence patches;
• wherein at least one permeable patch separated from the permeable sheet adheres to
• at least one permeable silt fence panel in situ, wherein
• a front surface of the at least one adhered permeable patch is positioned substantially orthogonally to sediment-laden stormwater runoff and the front surface communicates with the sediment-laden stormwater runoff, wherein
• the at least one adhered permeable patch covers a damage in the at least one permeable silt fence panel in situ, and
• the at least one adhered permeable patch filters sediment from the sediment-laden stormwater runoff and allows water from the sediment-laden stormwater runoff to escape through a back surface of the at least one adhered permeable patch.

A method comprising:

• identifying damage in a permeable silt fence panel in situ;
• the damage having a damage boundary;
• identifying a fabric weave direction of the damage boundary in situ;
• identifying a patch size to cover the damage boundary;
• selecting a permeable silt fence patch having the identified patch size;
• identifying a patch weave direction of the selected patch;
• aligning the identified patch weave direction of the selected patch with the identified fabric weave direction of the damage boundary in situ;
• applying the selected patch to the damage boundary in situ;
• positioning a front surface of the applied patch substantially orthogonally to sediment-laden stormwater runoff, wherein
• the front surface communicates with the sediment-laden stormwater runoff;
• filtering sediment from the sediment-laden stormwater runoff;
• and
• allowing water from the sediment-laden stormwater runoff to escape through a back surface of the applied patch.