Berkeley County is a Phase II MS4. MS4 stands for Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System. Berkeley County PSSWD is required to follow a Stormwater Management Plan, which includes the following 6 Minimum Control Measures:
- Public Education and Outreach
- Educate Berkeley County residents, businesses, industries, elected officials, policy makers, County staff, homeowners, contractors, developers, review staff, and land use planners
- Stormwater website
- Social media
- Stormwater meetings
- Tree plantings at schools and businesses
- Public Participation and Involvement
- Publish the Stormwater Management Plan on the website
- Regularly review, revise, and update based on comments during regular scheduled stormwater meetings
- Publish the Stormwater Annual Report on the website
- Offer public participation events annually
- Provide a designated contact person within the BCPSSWD
- Publish the Stormwater Management Plan on the website
- Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
- Continue to add and update the map of the storm sewer system within the MS4 service area
- Outfalls
- BMPs (Best Management Practices)
- Structures owned by BCPSSWD
- Conveyances
- Boundaries
- Known connections
- Receiving waters
- Discharges into the MS4 area
- Ensure Compliance where illicit discharges are present using enforcement mechanisms
- Notice of Violations
- Stop Work Orders
- Holds on Use and Occupancy Permits
- Disapprovals of Permits
- Collect semi-annual stormwater samples from three outfalls
- Representative outfall on Paynes Ford Road at the outfall of the Pikeside Ditchway
- BCPSSD Maintenance Shop
- BCPSSD Construction Shop
- Annual stream monitoring
- Visually monitor waterways in the county to check for illicit discharges
- Continue to add and update the map of the storm sewer system within the MS4 service area
- Construction Site Runoff Control
- Construction Site Inspections
- Active development and redevelopment
- Attend Stormwater Concept Meetings at the County Offices
- Enforce the Stormwater Ordinance
- Retain records of maintenance agreements
- Reduce pollutants in stormwater runoff from construction site activities within the MS4 area
- Construction Site Inspections
- Post Construction Runoff Control
- Watershed protection by attending Stormwater Concept Meetings at the County Offices
- Minimizing Impervious Surfaces
- Preserving Ecologically Sensitive Areas
- Reducing Thermal Impacts
- Reducing or Avoiding Hydromodification
- Tree Protection
- Protection of Native Soils, Prevention of Compaction of Soil
- Inspection permanent BMPs
- Every 5 years to ensure proper maintenance
- Watershed protection by attending Stormwater Concept Meetings at the County Offices
- Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping
- Annual training of employees at the BCPSSD Construction Shop and Maintenance Shop facilities
- Bi-weekly inspections at each site
- Ensure employees are following SWPPP (Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan)
- Proper Operation and Maintenance
- Vehicle maintenance
- Pump repair
- Storage of oil and grease, gasoline, antifreeze, etc.
- Vehicle washing
- Storage of salt bags and construction materials
