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Charlestown Township Stormwater Management
In 2003, Charlestown Township was designated a Small Municipal Storm Sewer System (MS4) under the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit regulations.
These state regulations require Charlestown Township to implement and enforce its own Stormwater Management Program. Township follows DEP protocols which provide our township with suitable guidelines to design a local program that address the DEP's six Best Management Practices (BMPs), which are also known as "control measures". These six BMPs are designed to reduce the discharge of pollutants from MS4s, to the maximum extent practicable, to protect water quality, and to satisfy the appropriate requirements of the federal Clean Water Act. These six BMP categories are:
- Public Education & Outreach Control Measure
- Public Participation & Involvement Control Measurer
- Illicit Discharge Detection & Elimination Control Measure
- Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control Measure
- Post Construction Stormwater Management in New Development & Redevelopment Control Measure
- Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping for municipal Operations and Maintenance Control Measure.
If anyone is seeking information or has issues regarding stormwater, please contact either:
- Linda M. Csete, Township Administrator, 610-240-0326
- Surender S. Kohli, Township Engineer, 610-644-5591
Please visit the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Stormwater Management Program Website http://www.dep.state.pa.us, go to directLINK "stormwater" for additional details and technical information on this topic at the state level.
You will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader software, version 4 or above, in order to view the following color brochure materials. They are also available upon request from the Township Office.
- A Homeowner's Guide to Stormwater Management (1.5mb pdf) (New)
- After the Storm (2.8mb pdf)
- Make your Home the Solution to Stormwater Pollution (700kb pdf)
- Water Efficient Landscaping (1.6mb pdf)
Additional information is available from:
US Environmental Protection Agency -
Chester - Ridley - Crum Watersheds Association
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