Additional Compliance Elements

Additional Compliance Elements

Other elements needed for compliance to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit include, but are not limited to:
  • Training City staff regarding the NPDES permit and BMPs
  • Adopting a Stormwater Ordinance prohibiting Illicit Discharge Article III. Stormwater Management Utility
  • Implementing a lakes monitoring program
  • Identifying major outfalls and pollutant loadings
  • Detecting and eliminating non-stormwater discharges to the system
  • Reducing pollutants in runoff from industrial, commercial, and residential areas
  • Controlling stormwater discharges from new development and redevelopment areas
  • Inspecting construction sites for proper Erosion and Sedimentation Controls
  • Working with other City Departments to ensure that City sites and projects are kept operating under the best management and housekeeping practices to reduce the City's contribution to pollution