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Municipal Stormwater Information

This page is a resource for stormwater managers of the Stormwater Phase II Program.
Stormwater information in your City/Town >>

Twenty-eight communities in Maine are regulated under the Clean Water Act Phase II Stormwater Regulatory Program for the discharge of stormwater. Each municipality's General Permit for the discharge of stormwater outlines their five year Stormwater Management Plan. This plan includes 6 control measures: Public Education, Public Participation, Illicit Discharge Detection & Elimination, Construction Runoff Control, Post Construction Runoff Control, and Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping.

Helpful Resources for Stormwater Managers:

1. Public Education
   Website Template to use to create a Stormwater Page for your Municipal website
   Rubber Ducky Poster
   Scarborough Website Template in Microsoft Publisher or Adobe PDF
   Scarborough Lawn Care Sheet in Microsoft Publisher or Adobe PDF
2. Public Participation
   Stencil Starter Kit
   Getting in Step — A Workshop on Conducting Effective Stormwater Education & Outreach
3. Illicit Discharge Detection & Elimination
   Ordinance Fact Sheet
   Model Ordinance
   Standard Operating Procedures (SOP):
   • Volume 1; Volume 2
   • Volume 1; Volume 2
   Training Materials :
   • Overview - Water Quality Intro
   • Dry Weather Discharge Inspections
   • Tracing Illicit Discharges
   • Removing Illicit Discharges
   • Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping
   • SOP Jeopardy
   • Pollution Prevention Wrap-up
4. Construction Runoff Control
   Inspection Tracking Sheet
5. Post Construction Runoff Control
   Chapter 500 Regulations
   UNH Stormwater Center — Treatment Unit Fact Sheets

• Runoff.Talk (electronic mailing for Stormwater Management discussion)
• Maine DEP Stormwater Site
• Maine DEP Programs and Grants

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