MS4 Educational Documents

Residents

When it Rains, it Drains

When it Rains, it Drains (en Espanol)

Only Rain in the Drain

Keeping Your Streams and Lakes Healthy
Protecting the Schuylkill River (Reading Eagle Article)

Businesses

Guide to Auto Recycling and Operators

Golf Course BMP Manual

Developers

LINKS

Schools

Stormwater Placemat

Stormwater Stickers

Splish and Splash (A Tale of Two Raindrops)

K-3 Activity Book

K-3 Water Cycle

4-8 Word Scramble

4-8 Water Purification

4-8 Plants and Water Purification

4-8 Fun Facts Matching Game

Municipal Employees

MS4 Education and Outreach PowerPoint Presentation

Public Involvement and Participation

Permitees must do best management practices which involve the public. BMP example: conduct at least one public meeting a year to solicit public involvement and participation. For educational materials, select the target audience below.

Residents

Citizen Feedback Illicit Discharge Reporting Form

Maintaining Your Stormwater Basin (OPM)

Native Plant Landscaping

5 Easy Steps to Make a Rain Barrel

Businesses

Green Guide for Property Management

Developers

LINKS

Schools

LINKS

Municipal Employees

LINKS

Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination

Permitees must do best management practices which locate and stop non-stormwater discharges. BMP example: conduct outfall inspections to identify and correct illicit discharges. For educational materials, select the target audience below.

Residents

LINKS

Businesses

LINKS

Developers

LINKS

Schools

4-8 Non-Point Pollution

Municipal Employees

Field Screening Program Data Collection Form

Illicit Discharge Inspection Summary Report Form

Door Hanger

Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control

Permitees must do best management practices to apply erosion and sedimentation controls during construction. BMP example: Develop a construction site stormwater runoff control program. For educational materials, select the target audience below.

Residents

LINKS

Businesses

LINKS

Developers

Developer Fact Sheet

Schools

LINKS

Municipal Employees

Paving Our Way

Post Construction Stormwater Management for New Development and Redevelopment

Permitees must do best management practices to apply post construction stormwater management controls. BMP example: Develop a written Post Construction Stormwater Management Procedure. For educational materials, select the target audience below.

Residents

LINKS

Businesses

LINKS

Developers

Basin Retrofit

Schools

LINKS

Municipal Employees

LINKS

Pollution Prevention, Good Housekeeping for Municipal Operations

Permitees must do best management practices to minimize stormwater pollution from municipal operations.  BMP example: Develop, maintain and implement a written Operation and Maintenance Program.

Municipal Employees

BCPWA MS4 Training PowerPoint Presentation

Stormwater Videos

After the Storm by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Reduce Runoff: Slow it Down, Spread it Out, Soak it In by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Building Green: A Success Story in Philadelphia by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency