Central Shenandoah
PDC:
“The CSPDC
was awarded $25K by the Virginia
Environmental Endowment to assist localities with Illicit Discharge Detection
and Elimination (IDDE) education. IDDE is a lesser-known but common source of
pollution to local streams, rivers and the Chesapeake Bay. Illicit discharges include any flows to the
storm drain system other than stormwater, and are one of six minimum control
measures specified in the Virginia's Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System
(MS4) General Permit. Illicit discharges
are a water quality concern because, in most cases, they go into the nearest
waterway without any type of treatment, and they can include a wide variety of
pollutants that are harmful to aquatic life and human health (e.g., bacteria,
nutrients, oil).
To
address the need to more effectively identify such discharges to local
stormwater systems, the CSPDC will work with the Center for Watershed
Protection to provide the following services to the MS4 permitted localities
(and other interested localities) in the region:
- IDDE Clinic
- Field Manual & Procedures
- Field Equipment
- On-call Assistance”
~ CSPDC
For more information contact Erin Yancey, Regional Planner,
540.885.5174, erin@cspdc.org
