In accordance with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit regulations, Easttown Township is required to develop and implement a stormwater management program. The program is based on the federal Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) protocol (developed by DEP).
The DEP’s Protocols provide our township with suitable guidelines to design a local program that addresses the DEP’s six Best Management Practices (or BMPs), which are also known as "control measures." These six BMP’s are designed to reduce the discharge of pollutants from MS4s, to the maximum extent practicable, to protect water quality, and to satisfy the appropriate requirements of the Federal Clean Water Act. The six BMP categories are:
- Public Education & Outreach Control Measure
- Public Participation & Involvement Control Measure
- Illicit discharge Detection & Elimination Control Measure
- Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control Measure
- Post Construction Stormwater Management in New Development & Redevelopment Control Measure
-
Pollution Prevention
and Good Housekeeping for Municipal Operations & Maintenance Control
Measure
Township residents can learn more about these new regulations and the need to improve storm water quality by visiting the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) storm water website by clicking here, or reviewing the following information.
Easttown Township's Stormwater Management
Ordinance Enacted March 7, 2005 (3.3 MB)
Good Housekeeping Practices for Auto
Maintenance, Repair and Fueling Operations
Good Housekeeping Practices for Restaurants
& Food Service Establishments
Soil Erosion and
Sediment Requirements for Minor Construction Project Activities
Water Quality Hotlines - You may be the
first to
recognize “illicit” discharges being directed
into storm sewers or flowing out of storm sewer outfall pipes into streams.
Who are you going to call?
What the Construction Industry Should Know
About Storm Water In Our Community
When it Rains, It Drains -
Understanding stormwater and how it can affect your money, safety, health
and the environment.