The following are resources are provided courtesy of the Commonwealth of Virginia, The Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Soil and Water Conservation. All files are PDF and require Adobe Acrobat Reader. Pollution Prevention - Protecting Water Quality Stormwater Runoff - Pollution Prevention Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (IDDE) Policy Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Program Plan MS4 General Permit MS4 Annual Report Virginia Stormwater Management Law Virginia Stormwater Management Regulations Virginia Stormwater Utility Law Stormwater and the Construction Industry
Unlike water that goes to the sanitary sewer system (most indoor drains), storm drains usually lead directly to a lake, stream, river, wetland, or coastal water. The pollutants carried by stormwater runoff affect water quality and impact wildlife. As you walk around campus, look for the “No Dumping, Drains to Waterway” markers attached to the storm drains.
When it rains, stormwater flows over impervious surfaces such as rooftops, parking lots, roads, and sidewalks. The runoff can pick up pollutants, such as oils, trash/debris, fertilizers, pesticides, paint, cleaners, and other chemicals and flows into storm drains located throughout the CNU campus. Unlike
water that goes to the sanitary sewer system (most indoor drains), water flowing into storm drains is usually not treated and leads directly to a lake, stream, river, wetland, or coastal water.
The purpose of this policy is provide for the health, safety, and general welfare of the students, staff and faculty of Christopher Newport University through the regulation of nonstormwater discharges to the storm drainage system to the maximum extent practicable as required by federal and state law.
The Virginia Stormwater Management Program (VSMP) General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) requires Christopher Newport University (CNU) to develop and implement a comprehensive stormwater management (SWM) program consistent with the Virginia General Permit (VAR04), effective July 9, 2008.
"MS4 Program Plan" means the completed registration statement and all approved additions, changes and modifications detailing the comprehensive program implemented by the operator under this permit to reduce the pollutants in the stormwater discharged from its municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) that has been submitted and accepted by the department.
In the following report, you will find a listing (Table A) of our updated Minimum Control Measures and the results (Table B) of our assessment report.
The following is the complete, edited text of Title 10.1, Chapter 6, Article 1.1 of the Code of Virginia as amended through 2000. Please refer to the Code of Virginia for an official copy of the Law.
The following is a complete text of the Virginia Stormwater Management Regulations 4VAC3-20 amended by the Board of Conservation and Recreation, effective March 5, 1998.
The following is the complete, edited text of Title 15.2, Chapter 21, Article 2, Section 2114, of the Code of Virginia as amended through 2000. Please refer to the Code of Virginia for an official copy of the Law.
The construction industry is a critical participant in the nation’s efforts to protect streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, and oceans. Through the use of best management practices (BMPs), construction site operators are the key defense against erosion and sedimentation.
