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Ordinance No. 953, 1Ordinance No. 953, 1stst Reading, Adopt Illicit Reading, Adopt Illicit Discharge OrdinanceDischarge Ordinance
City of Southlake Strategy MapCity of Southlake Strategy Map
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Phase II MS4 Permit
• Six Minimum Control MeasuresSix Minimum Control Measures– Public EducationPublic Education
– Public InvolvementPublic Involvement
– Illicit Discharge Detection and EliminationIllicit Discharge Detection and Elimination• Adopt ordinance to prohibit illicit discharges Adopt ordinance to prohibit illicit discharges
and effectively eliminate through enforcementand effectively eliminate through enforcement• Develop program to detect illicit discharges Develop program to detect illicit discharges
and enforce eliminationand enforce elimination– Construction ActivitiesConstruction Activities
– Post-ConstructionPost-Construction
– Municipal Good-HousekeepingMunicipal Good-Housekeeping
Purpose of OrdinancePurpose of Ordinance
• Prevent degradation of water qualityPrevent degradation of water quality
• Prohibit illicit discharges and illicit Prohibit illicit discharges and illicit connections to the Municipal Separate connections to the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4)Storm Sewer System (MS4)
• Provide for enforcement and Provide for enforcement and remediation provisionsremediation provisions
What is an Illicit Discharge?What is an Illicit Discharge?
• Any discharge that is not entirely Any discharge that is not entirely composed of storm watercomposed of storm water
• Examples of discharge exceptions:Examples of discharge exceptions:– Fire-fighting activity Fire-fighting activity
dischargedischarge– Residential car wash Residential car wash – Irrigation waterIrrigation water– Pumped ground waterPumped ground water
Prohibited DischargesProhibited Discharges
• Excessive sedimentsExcessive sediments
• Excessive lawn wasteExcessive lawn waste
• Trash and debrisTrash and debris
• Any chemical, industrial waste, or Any chemical, industrial waste, or regulated wasteregulated waste
• Domestic wasteDomestic waste
• Swimming pool water containing Swimming pool water containing chemicalschemicals
Prohibited ActivitiesProhibited Activities
• Operate a facility subject to storm Operate a facility subject to storm water discharge permitting without water discharge permitting without approvalapproval
• Allowing illicit dischargesAllowing illicit discharges• Purposely disposing of wastes in the Purposely disposing of wastes in the
storm drain systemstorm drain system• Creating an Illicit ConnectionCreating an Illicit Connection
– Any drain or conveyance which allows Any drain or conveyance which allows illegal discharges to enter a storm drainillegal discharges to enter a storm drain
Questions?Questions?