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City of Maryville
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Stormwater Management is located at the Maryville Municipal Building (Lower Level)
400 W Broadway Avenue | Maryville, TN 37801 | Phone: 865-273-3500 Business Hours | 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Closed 12:00 p.m. - 1 p.m. for lunch Jana Brown, Stormwater Program Manager | 865-273-3512 | [email protected]
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NPDES Permit Section 4.2.1.1
My Impact on Water Quality
We all live in a watershed. The things we do around our homes and businesses can affect the health of Maryville’s streams, rivers, and lakes. Look below to see how stormwater pollution can impact the water quality in our community.
Take a moment to watch the video and read the brochures. We've gathered great educational info to share with you. Also, visit our social media pages. The City of Maryville teams up with the Tennessee Stormwater Association (TNSA) to keep you updated on stormwater news and events. Don't forget to subscribe to TNSA’s social media for the latest updates
Social Media Links:
My Impact on Water Quality
We all live in a watershed. The things we do around our homes and businesses can affect the health of Maryville’s streams, rivers, and lakes. Look below to see how stormwater pollution can impact the water quality in our community.
Take a moment to watch the video and read the brochures. We've gathered great educational info to share with you. Also, visit our social media pages. The City of Maryville teams up with the Tennessee Stormwater Association (TNSA) to keep you updated on stormwater news and events. Don't forget to subscribe to TNSA’s social media for the latest updates
Social Media Links:
Click on the links below for more information!
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NPDES Permit Section 4.2.1.1
Stormwater Control Measure Responsibilities
- Maintain the SCM so it remains fully functional, in keeping with its Record Drawing.
- Protect the SCM to prevent damage.
- Have a professional inspect and document the condition of the SCM once every 5 years. The inspection must be made available to the local government upon request.
Stormwater Control Measures (SCMs) are like special tools created for a property to handle its stormwater.
Every developed area needs them to prevent problems like flooding, erosion, and pollution that might happen on or around the property. Keeping SCMs functioning properly is important to the health, safety, and welfare of our community. If SCMs don't work properly, they can harm the environment, houses, and affect the success of local businesses and industries.
There are many types of SCMs. Nearly all of them are designed to temporarily store (detain) stormwater before it is released off the property. Most SCMs are also designed to filter or settle pollutants out of the water before cleaner water is released from the SCM and into local streams.
Proper maintenance of SCMs is crucial to prevent stormwater issues. When neglected, SCMs can worsen flooding, erosion, and pollution, resulting in costly repairs for damaged properties and waterways. However, well-maintained SCMs have relatively low maintenance costs and can function effectively for many years with minor repairs. Recognizing the importance of SCM maintenance, federal, state, and local governments, including the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), mandate that cities and counties, like Maryville, ensure the upkeep of SCMs to protect local streams and waterways from stormwater pollution impacts
Maryville mandates SCM maintenance through local government regulations. Property owners must protect, inspect, and maintain SCMs on their property to ensure they function as designed. If you own property in Maryville with SCMs, you're responsible for their upkeep. While maintenance tasks can be delegated to others, like tenants or contractors, it's crucial to recognize that the property owner bears the ultimate responsibility for ensuring maintenance happens.
The links below are helpful resources. They are for guidance purposes only and may not meet City requirements. If you have questions about anything you see in the links, please call or email the City.
Every developed area needs them to prevent problems like flooding, erosion, and pollution that might happen on or around the property. Keeping SCMs functioning properly is important to the health, safety, and welfare of our community. If SCMs don't work properly, they can harm the environment, houses, and affect the success of local businesses and industries.
There are many types of SCMs. Nearly all of them are designed to temporarily store (detain) stormwater before it is released off the property. Most SCMs are also designed to filter or settle pollutants out of the water before cleaner water is released from the SCM and into local streams.
Proper maintenance of SCMs is crucial to prevent stormwater issues. When neglected, SCMs can worsen flooding, erosion, and pollution, resulting in costly repairs for damaged properties and waterways. However, well-maintained SCMs have relatively low maintenance costs and can function effectively for many years with minor repairs. Recognizing the importance of SCM maintenance, federal, state, and local governments, including the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), mandate that cities and counties, like Maryville, ensure the upkeep of SCMs to protect local streams and waterways from stormwater pollution impacts
Maryville mandates SCM maintenance through local government regulations. Property owners must protect, inspect, and maintain SCMs on their property to ensure they function as designed. If you own property in Maryville with SCMs, you're responsible for their upkeep. While maintenance tasks can be delegated to others, like tenants or contractors, it's crucial to recognize that the property owner bears the ultimate responsibility for ensuring maintenance happens.
The links below are helpful resources. They are for guidance purposes only and may not meet City requirements. If you have questions about anything you see in the links, please call or email the City.
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NPDES Permit Section 4.2.1.1
Lawn Chemicals & Automotive Fluids: Usage, Storage, Disposal
Lawn Chemicals & Automotive Fluids: Usage, Storage, Disposal
Lawn chemicals such as fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides, along with automotive fluids like oil, are frequently used around homes and businesses. If these chemicals aren't stored, used, and disposed of properly, they can turn into stormwater pollutants, negatively impacting aquatic habitats. Each of us can take steps to reduce the chance these chemicals end up in our waterways.
Safely use chemicals at home and at your business:
Safely use chemicals at home and at your business:
- Educate yourself. Learn about the products you use in your home, garden, and workshop, and visit the City of Maryville’s website for more information on household hazardous waste.
- Always read and follow all directions and precautions on labels. Never mix products unless directed by the label. Two really good individual products may react to be less useful, and may even be chemically incompatible, producing toxic fumes, fires or possibly explosion.
- Store hazardous products in their original container. If you must put something into another container, for example when you change your motor oil, make sure to label the container. Make sure all containers are tightly closed and upright. Keep away from children and pets.
- Try to use up products for their intended purpose. If you do have some left, try to share it with your friends or neighbors, or perhaps with community groups.
- Carefully store any remaining household hazardous waste until you can safely transport it to a drop-off center. Visit Keep Blount Beautiful for more information: https://www.keepblountbeautiful.org/hhw
NPDES Permit Section 4.2.1.1
Identifying and Reporting Pollution
Identifying and Reporting Pollution
An illicit discharge is anything added to the storm water system other than water from rains/ storms.
To report illegal dumping into a storm drain, click here
City Stormwater Ordinance
To report illegal dumping into a storm drain, click here
City Stormwater Ordinance
- The stormwater system collects rainwater from surfaces like pavement and rooftops. This water flows along curbs, through basins or inlets, and carries pollutants to the nearest body of water. Anything other than rain in the system is called an illicit discharge. An illicit discharge is any substance, apart from stormwater, that is disposed of into the public stormwater system. This includes things like used oil, liquid waste from dumpsters, chemicals, or other hazardous materials being released intentionally or unintentionally into the stormwater system. It's important to note that storm drains don't connect to wastewater treatment facilities; instead, they directly lead to our creeks and rivers.
- Illicit discharges are against the law! Water pollution can harm fish, wildlife, and make activities like swimming unsafe. It's important to keep pollution out of stormwater to protect both public health and the environment.
- Please report suspected discharges. If there is an illicit discharge into the stormwater system, the City of Maryville will investigate, determine where it came from and who is involved and instruct them to stop or change their activities to prevent it from occurring again. The City's rules on Illicit Discharges can be found in The Maryville Municipal Code Title 19, Chapter 6.
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NPDES Permit Section 4.2.1.1
Public Education & Outreach (PIE) Plan
The City of Maryville, Tennessee (City) operates a small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) that is subject to the State of Tennessee’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Small MS4 Permit (TNS000000). Part 4.2.1 of the permit requires the City to develop and implement an education and outreach program on stormwater impacts. The objective of this program is to reduce or eliminate behaviors and practices that cause or contribute to the impacts of stormwater discharges on water bodies, and the steps that audiences can take to reduce pollutants in stormwater runoff. The permit requires the program to reach three major audiences: (1) the public; (2) the engineering and development community; and (3) City employees. Parts 4.2.1.1 through 4.2.1.3 of the permit establish the management measures that must be addressed for each audience, as well as the measurable goals and annual report requirements for activities performed by the City. In addition, the program must be documented in a written Public Information and Education (PIE) Plan, to include:
a. Specific public information/education activities that are designed to meet the management measure;
b. Identification of job categories and applicable management measures for employee education;
c. A schedule/calendar of events for each year; and,
d. Methodology to evaluate components to assess overall effectiveness and the need for improvement.
The City’s PIE Plan presents the activities the City will perform to address the management measures outlined in the permit for each of the three major audiences (the public, engineering & development community, and City employees). The plan identifies the number of activities required (as stated by the measurable goal established in the permit) and describes the activity(s) to be implemented by the City to meet the measurable goal for the major audience. For each activity, the City provides the frequency and schedule, management measure(s) addressed, and the documentation to be kept/provided by the City to meet the permit’s Annual Report requirements.
For more information on the PIE Plan, please click here.
a. Specific public information/education activities that are designed to meet the management measure;
b. Identification of job categories and applicable management measures for employee education;
c. A schedule/calendar of events for each year; and,
d. Methodology to evaluate components to assess overall effectiveness and the need for improvement.
The City’s PIE Plan presents the activities the City will perform to address the management measures outlined in the permit for each of the three major audiences (the public, engineering & development community, and City employees). The plan identifies the number of activities required (as stated by the measurable goal established in the permit) and describes the activity(s) to be implemented by the City to meet the measurable goal for the major audience. For each activity, the City provides the frequency and schedule, management measure(s) addressed, and the documentation to be kept/provided by the City to meet the permit’s Annual Report requirements.
For more information on the PIE Plan, please click here.
