The
City of Menasha has obtained its WPDES stormwater permit that is issued
for a maximum 5-year time frame. It contains monitoring, reporting, and
operational requirements that ensure the protection of Wisconsin 's water
resources. It regulates stormwater runoff, runoff from animal waste, maintenance
of the quality of surface water and groundwater resources, and many other
aspects.
Coming soon:
- WDNR Municipal Permit Letter
- WDNR Municipal Permit
- City of Menasha Municipal Notice
of Intent Application
- Authorization of Permit Coverage
Letter
Public
Education and Outreach
In
order to increase awareness of stormwater pollution impacts on waters
of the state and encourage changes in public behavior to reduce such impacts,
the City of Menasha must implement a public education and outreach program.
When a community is informed and knowledgeable about their stormwater
program, it can become even more successful. The community will have a
better understanding of why management is important and what individual
actions they can take to improve local water quality.
The
program must include these components:
- Promote detection and elimination
of illicit discharges from municipal separate storm sewer systems.
- Inform and educate the public
about the proper management of materials that may cause storm water
pollution from sources including automobiles, pet waste, household hazardous
waste and household practices.
- Promote beneficial on site reuse
of leaves and grass clippings and proper use of lawn and garden fertilizers
and pesticides.
- Promote management of stream
banks and shorelines by riparian landowners to minimize erosion and
restore and enhance the ecological value of waterways
- Promote infiltration of residential
storm water runoff from rooftop downspouts, driveways and sidewalks.
- Inform and where appropriate
educate those responsible for the design, installation, and maintenance
of construction site erosion control practices and storm water management
facilities on how to design, install and maintain the practices.
- Identify businesses and activities
that may pose a storm water contamination concern, and where appropriate,
educate specific audiences on methods of storm water pollution prevention.
- Promote environmentally sensitive
land development designs by developers and designers.
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Storm
Drain Stenciling
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Public
Involvement and Participation
A
program must be implemented that notifies the public of different activities
aimed at decreasing stormwater pollution. This program must also encourage
input and participation regarding these activities. Applicable state and
local notice requirements must be met.
Illicit
Discharge Detection and Elimination
A
program must be developed, implemented and enforced to detect and remove
illicit connections and discharges to the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer
System (MS4).
All
of the following must be included:
- An ordinance or other regulatory
mechanism to prevent and eliminate illicit discharges and connections
to the MS4. At a minimum, the ordinance or other regulatory mechanism
shall:
- Prohibit the discharge, spilling
or dumping of non-storm water substances or materials into waters
of the state or the MS4.
- Identify non-stormwater discharges
or flows that are not considered illicit discharges.
- Establish inspection and enforcement
authority.
- Initial field screening at all
major outfalls during dry weather periods.
- On-going dry weather field screening
of outfalls.
- Procedures for responding to
known or suspected illicit discharges.
- Action to remove illicit discharges
from its MS4 system as soon as possible.
Pollution
Prevention
A
pollution prevention program must be developed and implemented by the
City.
The
following must be included in the program:
- Routine inspection and maintenance
of municipally owned or operated structural storm water management facilities
to maintain their pollutant removal operating efficiency.
- Routine street sweeping and
cleaning of catch basins with sumps.
- Proper application of road salt
or other deicers.
- Proper management of leaves
and grass clippings, which may include on-site beneficial reuse as opposed
to collection.
- Storm water pollution prevention
planning for municipal garages, storage areas and other sources of storm
water pollution from municipal facilities.
- Application of lawn and garden
fertilizers on municipally controlled properties.
- Education of appropriate municipal
and other personnel involved in implementing this program.
- Reduce municipal sources of
storm water contamination within source water protection areas.
Storm
Sewer System Map
The
City must develop and maintain a Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System
(MS4) map.
The
following must be included on the map:
- Waters of the state, name and
classification of receiving water(s), identification of whether the
receiving water is an ORW, ERW or listed as an impaired water, storm
water drainage basin boundaries for each MS4 outfall and municipal separate
storm sewer conveyance systems.
- Known threatened or endangered
resources, historical property and wetlands.
- Known MS4 outfalls discharging
to waters of the state.
- Location of any known discharge
to the MS4 that has been issued WPDES permit coverage by the department.
- Location of municipally owned
or operated structural storm water management facilities.
- Publicly owned parks, recreational
areas and other open lands.
- Location of municipal garages,
storage areas and other public works facilities.
- Streets
(Click on map for more information)
Annual
Reports
An
annual report must be submitted from the City to the DNR. The City must
invite the municipal governing body, interest groups and the general public
to review and comment on the annual report.
The
following must be included in the report:
- The status of implementing the
permit requirements, status of meeting program goals and compliance
with permit schedules.
- A fiscal analysis, which needs
to include annual expenditures and budget for the reporting year and
the budget for the next year.
- A summary of the number and
nature of inspections and enforcement actions conducted to ensure compliance
with the required ordinances.
- Indicate any known water quality
improvements or degradation in the receiving water to which the MS4
discharges.
More
Information about:
DNR
Municipal Storm Water Management
Wisconsin
Administrative Code NR 216 |
called the Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (WPDES) in an effort to meet these requirements. Under the WPDES program, municipalities that discharge pollutants into the storm drain system are required to obtain a storm water discharge permit.
