Functional Requirements of a Watershed-wide Storm Water Management Program
2002-05-02
Critical Storm Water Issues Facing Summit County
The Summit County Engineer's Office has determined that a regional and watershed-wide coordination effort is needed to address the following critical storm water issues facing Summit County:
- Resolving existing intercommunity flooding and erosion problems
- Managing storm water impacts of future development
- Complying with Ohio EPA Phase II Storm Water Permits
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Funding necessary storm water management activities
Functional Requirements of an Effective Program
Administration, Regulation, and Enforcement - Interagency/intercommunity coordination
- Development plan reviews
- Erosion and sediment control plan reviews
- Construction site inspections/acceptance surveys
- Floodplain management
- Illicit discharge surveillance and enforcement
- Private stream, detention basin, and storm drain inspection and enforcement
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Regulatory compliance reporting
Data Collection and Management
- Base mapping/property records
- Infrastructure maps/data
- Rain and flow monitoring/evaluation
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Stream sampling and habitat surveys
Operation and Maintenance
- Streams, culverts, and bridges
- Streambanks and channels
- Storm sewers, inlets, and catch basins
- Detention and infiltration facilities
- Roadside ditches and swales
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Street cleaning
Planning, Design, and Construction
- Hydrologic/hydraulic studies
- Floodplain map revisions
- Water quality and habitat studies
- Master planning and capital improvement planning
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Facilities design and construction management
Public Education and Involvement
- Publish/distribute material (e.g., fliers, brochures, newsletters)
- Coordinate with/provide information to mass media (TV, radio, newspapers)
- Sponsor/support activities (e.g., stream cleanups, inlet stenciling)
- Establish/support citizen groups (e.g., advisory committees, watershed councils)
- Speakers bureau/presentations
- School-based educational curricula/outreach
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Promotional campaigns (e.g., "clean business" recognition)
Financing
- Billing
- Grant and loan solicitation
- Cooperative agreements
- Budgeting/accounting
