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North Augusta's Stormwater Management Program

Stormwater Management is our community's effort to provide flood control and water quality protection.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has established regulations for protecting our waters from pollutants. To meet these federal regulations, the City of North Augusta must maintain and enforce a Stormwater Management Plan.

Required plan components include:

- building and maintaining drainage systems to alleviate local flooding problems

- inspecting, cleaning and maintaining the drainage systems

- providing stream bank protection

- monitoring construction sites to ensure that pollutants are not washed into waterways

- creating public awareness programs that help protect and improve our water quality

The city adds a Stormwater Management Service Fee to monthly utility bills to help maintain the Stormwater Management Plan as required by the EPA.  To learn more about the fee, please visit the "Residential or Commercial" links above.

Steps the city is taking to prevent Stormwater Pollution

Public Education - the Stormwater Managment Department publishes a quarterly newsletter "The Resource" that describes many of the activities going on in the community to prevent stormwater pollution including: articles about stormwater pollution removal devices that are being installed at new developments, active projects that are underway to remove or identify pollutants, activities that each resident can do to prevent stormwater pollution, articles about stormwater educational events, information about other initiatives including air quality, stormwater activities ongoing by county or state programs, and information regarding workshops and seminars available to citizens.  Each newsletter highlights wildlife in the "Species Profile" section.  The effects of pollutants entering the environment can be devastating to many species.  The newsletter is sent to every resident and business as an insert with the utility bill.  

The city has created posters that will be provided to local schools so that students, educators, and parents can discuss the importance of keeping litter and trash off of the ground so that stormwater does not wash it into local streams.  There are three posters for this school year and each school will receive one.

 

Scroll down to see how you can help to prevent stormwater pollution.

If you have missed a newsletter or don't receive a utility bill, all past issues can be found here. 

The Stormwater Managment Department also has an enforcement, inspection and illicit discharge program that includes:

- Catch basin and stormdrain cleaning and repair.

- Construction site permitting and inspection program.

- Catch basin and storm drain labeling program.

- Partnerships with city departments and other agencies to control or prevent stormwate pollution.

- Water quality monitoring of streams and creeks in the community.

- Conducting workshops, seminars and training events throughout the year.

- Maintaining all the requirements of the city's small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Permit (also known as small MS4 permit) and the city's Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP)

  

What You Can Do to Help

• Use environmentally safe products

• Always follow directions on household hazardous chemicals

• Recycle used oil/filters.  We collect used oil and filters at the Material Recovery Center at 61 Claypit Road, North Augusta.

• Safely use fertilizers.  Have your soil tested to determine how much you need.  The test is about $6.00 from Clemson Extension.  Call for more details.  You can drop off your soil test in North Augusta at Country Boy Feed & Seed located at Ascauga Lake and Highway 125.  Clemson will send you the results that will tell you how much fertilizer to apply, if any!

• Safely use pesticides.  Know exactly what you are trying to eliminate or prevent.  Contact Clemson Extension for help.  By understanding what the specific problem is, you can purchase exactly the right chemical (and apply the appropriate amount) to get rid of the problem.  Don't just apply any chemcial on your lawn or garden thinking it will cure the problem.  It may actually make it worse.   

• Compost yard trimmings. Leaving clippings on the ground can prevent the need to fertilize.

• Report problems that can cause stormwater pollution, email us:  stormwater@northaugusta.net  

• Dispose of trash and yardwaste properly.  Never place on the street unless securely bagged.

• Use water based paints and wash brushes out in the grass.

• Don't litter and pick up litter if you see it.

• Wash cars safely - on the lawn or at the carwash.  Washing on concrete or asphalt just sends the dirty water to the drain.

• Visit our "Helpful Links" page to learn more. 

 

For more information, visit other pages on our site and/or contact:

 

David Caddell, Stormwater Manager and Superintendent of Streets and Drains at (803) 441-4295

dcaddell@northaugusta.net

 

or Tanya Strickland, Environmental Coordinator, SWMD at (803) 441-4246

tstrickland@northaugusta.net