Stormwater Discharges from Industrial Activities-Fact Sheets and Guidance

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Industrial Stormwater Fact Sheet Series

EPA has developed a fact sheet for each of the 29 industrial sectors regulated by the MSGP. Each fact sheet describes the types of facilities included in the sector, typical pollutants associated with the sector, and types of stormwater control measures used to minimize the discharge of the pollutants.

Industrial Stormwater Resources

Resilient Stormwater Control Measure (SCM) Design

Stormwater control measures are crucial to protect human health and the environment and provide critical services to communities. Throughout the country, storms have caused damage to, and in some cases total failure of, infrastructure. It is critical to ensure that stormwater control measures can withstand increasingly frequent heavy precipitation and major storm and flood events. Stormwater control measures based on adaptation/mitigation plans that were at one point sufficient and that were based on historic, local major storm and flood predictions, may now be insufficient given actual experience with major storms and flood events, the emergence of new data that was not previously available, and more recent projections.

While it may not always be possible to anticipate all future events that can exacerbate, or alleviate, the outcomes of major storm and flood events (i.e., speed or direction of the wind, temperature fluctuations, the uprooting of trees, etc.), it is important to ensure that existing adaptation plans reflect, as best as possible, all relevant data. Doing so ensures that stormwater control measures provide the necessary treatment to reduce pollutants in industrial stormwater discharges and have maintenance schedules and activities based on local climatic factors.

To determine if your facility is susceptible to an increased frequency of major storm events that could impact the discharge of pollutants in stormwater, view FEMA, NOAA, or USGS flood map products.

For additional resources that may help permittees when considering design capacity and resilience of stormwater controls to mitigate the effects of extreme weather, view Resilient Stormwater Controls-Additional Resources.

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Last updated on December 9, 2024