1 Module 1: Refresh Your Perspective on the Storm Drain System Stormwater System Maintenance: A 4-Part Workshop Series

2 What Happens Between Here … And Here?

3 Water Quality Depends on Land Use & Management

4 Our Staff Manages Storm Water Runoff

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7 National Stormwater Discharge Program Phased approach by EPA –Phase I – 1990 – large cities –Phase II – 1999 – smaller municipalities

8 National Stormwater Discharge Program in RI is often called: - Phase II program or - Rhode Island Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (RIPDES) Program.or - Storm Water Discharge from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) Program

9 General Permit Authorized to discharge storm water if have submitted and are implementing a Storm Water Management Program Plan (SWMPP)

10 MS4-specific plan What MS4 is going to do –Procedures developed –Site specific plans Where MS4 will do it –Regulated areas –Specific locations/facilities –Specific activities

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12 Pollution Prevention & Good Housekeeping Requirement Develop and implement a program to prevent and reduce storm water pollution from operations and maintenance (O&M) activities that have the potential to introduce pollutants to storm water runoff

13 O&M Program Goals Identify & describe Structural BMPs Inspect, clean & repair Structural BMPs Inspect & clean Catch Basins Stabilize Road Shoulders & Ditches Check Outfalls for scouring, sedimentation Sweep all roads annually Reduce FloatablesWaste Disposal

14 Training Modules in this Series Module 1: Refresh Your Perspective (today’s presentation) Module 2: Enhanced Systems –Identify & describe structural BMPs –Inspect, clean & repair structural BMPs –Insert Date and Location of Training

15 Training Modules in this Series Module 3: Typical Roadway Drainage –Where it goes in Catch Basins Road Shoulders & Ditches –Where it comes out Outfalls –Insert Date and Location of Training Module 4: Minimizing the Pollutant Load –Sweeping –Floatables –Waste Disposal –Insert Date and Location of Training

16 For each module, we will Review the goals as written in the General Permit Clarify or expand as needed Review what we are doing now Review how we report our activities Look for ways to improve our effectiveness and/or efficiency

17 Storm Water System Traditional Purpose: –Convey excess water to a safe location Additional Purpose: –Remove/treat pollutants before they reach a water body

18 Stormwater System Maintenance: Employee Training Brought to you by: This program was developed by the Southern Rhode Island Conservation District in partnership with the URI Cooperative Extension RI NEMO Program and the Rhode Island T2 Center. Funding was provided by the RI Department of Environmental Management and the RI Department of Transportation under the Phase II Stormwater Education and Outreach Project.