Stormwater Management Planning
Do you know what’s in the water?
We work collaboratively with local public works and engineering personnel to help develop and implement comprehensive municipal Stormwater Management Programs (SWMPs) consistent with federal (EPA) NPDES Phase II Stormwater Management Regulations. The Phase II regulations are aimed at improving the nation’s water quality, and require each designated urbanized area community to reduce, to the maximum extent practicable, the discharge of untreated stormwater runoff into the community’s municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4).
Waterways Witch’s Brew
Untreated stormwater is like a witch’s brew of harmful pollutants—oil, grease and heavy metals from motor vehicles; pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers from lawns and gardens; silt and sediment from construction sites; and bacteria and excess nutrients from pet waste. When discharged into catch basins, roadside ditches, wetlands, and waterways, these pollutants contaminate local drinking water supplies and degrade aquatic habitat for fish and wildlife.
Our Stormwater Management Services
MVPC helps prepare municipal Notices of Intent (NOI), along with development and implementation of the six mandated minimum control measures that constitute a municipality’s Stormwater Management Program:
- Public education and outreach
- Public involvement
- Illicit discharge detection and elimination
- Construction site runoff and erosion control
- Post-construction runoff control
- Municipal pollution prevention/good housekeeping practices
To carry out the above control measures, MVPC planners perform field inventorying and digital mapping of storm drainage system components (catch basins, drain manholes, drain pipes, outfalls), drafting of local stormwater bylaws/ordinances, and preparation of stormwater education materials for public dissemination and local website posting.
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