City of Maryville
Stormwater Management
Department of Engineering & Public Works
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]
Storm Water Management Home
In 1972, the United States Congress passed the Clean Water Act, a crucial law aimed a tackling pollution in America’s rivers, lakes, and streams. This law established the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program. Initially, from the 1970’s to the late 1990’s, the focus of this program was on controlling pollution from big industries and large cities. However, in the early 2000’s it expanded to include smaller cities and counties too. Scientists studying water pollution found that rainwater and melted snow running over roads, parking lots, construction sites, and yards picked up harmful substances like sediment, oils, bacteria, and chemicals, and carried them into local streams, rivers, and lakes. This pollution made the water harmful for the plants and animals living there and for activities like fishing, swimming, and drinking water sources. 
In the early 2000’s Maryville was designated by the State of Tennessee as a Small Municipal Storm Sewer System (MS4). This means that Maryville must have a stormwater management program (SWMP) in place to deal with pollutants that flow through the City’s system that carries stormwater. The City’s stormwater webpages show how Maryville meets the NPDES permit requirements and provide written descriptions supported by regulations, procedures and programs that are the backbone of the City’s stormwater program.
For more information on the NPDES program at the federal and state level please visit:
Environmental Protection Agency
TN Department of Environment and Conservation