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Module 1: Refresh Your Perspective on the Storm Drain System

Join our 4-part workshop series to gain insights on the Stormwater System Maintenance Program in Rhode Island. Learn about the EPA's phased approach, the importance of water quality and land management, and how MS4s manage stormwater runoff. Discover the Pollutant Discharge Elimination System requirements and how to prevent pollution through effective procedures. Enhance your knowledge of structural BMPs, roadway drainage, and pollutant load minimization techniques. This program is designed to improve stormwater management practices and ensure compliance with regulations.

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Module 1: Refresh Your Perspective on the Storm Drain System

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  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

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

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

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

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

  9. 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

  10. O&M Program Goals

  11. 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 Training Modules in this Series

  12. 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 Training Modules in this Series

  13. 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

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

  15. 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.

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