Resources for Municipalities, Permitted Organizations, Community leaders and Elected Officials

Recommended Stormwater Best Practices for Municipalities:

1- Utilize Low Impact Development Principles to conserve natural areas; minimize development impacts; maintain site runoff rate and control small storms, implement integrated management practices (control volume and pollutant loads), and ensure pollution prevention, proper maintenance, and public education programs.

 

2-Practice Stormwater Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping in Municipal Operations and Facilities to assess potential stormwater impacts; to inform the development, implement, and train on your city’s (or project’s) Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan.

 

3-Emphasize Nutrient Pollution prevention as a critical element to addressing stormwater pollution at MS4 owned and operated facilities by adopting practices such as: eliminating or minimizing fertilizer usage, avoiding fertilizer application before or during storms, planting native plants, avoiding overwatering, installing pet waste bagging stations, etc.

Stormwater Discharges from Municipal Sources

Salt Lake County Stormwater Coalition, is a coalition comprised of interested municipalities and officials within Salt Lake County who want to work towards common goals in maintaining and regulating stormwater quality.

Coalition member cities and organizations participate in upholding the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Permit Program (MS4). Throughout the areas covered by the permits in which the coalition cities and organizations are located, specific water quality standards must to be maintained and are mandated by the federal government.


Managing stormwater at Municipal Facilities:

Low Impact Development Resources:

Specific Operations Stormwater Resrouces:

Golf Courses

Parks

Swimming Pools:

QUICK LINKS For Municipalities:

Sample Standard Operating Procedures from Coalition Member Cities:

VIDEO RESOURCES For Elected Officials and Community Leaders:

Why is Stormwater Quality Important for Your Community? From our colleagues at Tippecanoe County, Indiana Partnership for Water Quality.

The Clean Water Act Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System or "MS4" program requires regulated communities to implement an overall stormwater quality program. Completed in 2016, this 8 minute video features MS4 communities' experienced, elected officials giving their advice and recommendations on why the MS4 program is important and explaining how it helps them with their duties.

Partnerships between local governments, business owners and community can help keep Stormwater clean! Here’s an update from our friends in Clark County, Washington, which serves as an introduction to stormwater and how we can protect the health of waterways and reduce the risk of flooding. The single greatest source of urban water pollution isn’t industrial waste; it’s the storm water that runs off roofs, roads, parking lots and other hard surfaces.

Master Water Stewards are making a difference for clean water and habitat in their communities. See how two Master Water Stewards rallied a group of neighbors in Northeast Minneapolis to fill a median with deep-rooted native plants. Visit https://masterwaterstewards.org/ to get involved.

The Local Government Environmental Assistance Network (LGEAN) provides environmental management, planning, and regulatory information for local government elected and appointed officials, managers, and staff.

Because of its prevalence and harm to water quality, there is a new emphasis on mitigating the causes of E.coli in Salt Lake Valley waterbodies. Stormwater permits are being modified to reflect this change. Learn more

From Nassau County NY— Stormwater Pollution and Green Infrastructure. Communities must consider reducing the impervious surfaces in our built environments.

 
 
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