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The
City of Woonsocket, Rhode Island's Stormwater Management Program
is in the process of implementing the
Stormwater
Management Ordinance. It is an essential part of the City's Small
Municipal Separate Stormwater Sewer System (MS4) RIPDES General
Permit for Discharges No: RIR040016 issued by
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.
The Stormwater Management Ordinance also sets up new and more
restrictive erosion prevention and sediment control requirements
(EP&SC) and stormwater design standards that affect anyone who
develops land in Woonsocket.
THE MS4
PERMIT
The MS4 permit includes 6 minimum
controls requirements for how the city will manage its runoff
stormwater program:
1) Public Education and outreach,
2) Public involvement/ participation,
3) Illicit discharge detection and elimination,
4) Construction site stormwater runoff control,
5) Post-construction stormwater management in new development and
re-development and,
6) Pollution prevention/good housekeeping for municipal operations.
These requirements
involve almost every department in the city. As part of the program
we are developing an inventory of the stormwater infrastructure
across the city on a watershed basis (with help and guidance from
Fuss and O'Neill Technologies, LLC).
CLICK
HERE TO VIEW MS4 REPORTS
Use
login name "visitor" and password "guest" (case
sensitive).
If
you are interested in storm water and/or water quality issues check
the following web sites:
Zap
the Blackstone
TourBlackstone
EventBlackstone
EPA If
you would like to file a complaint related to ILLICIT
STORMWATER DISCHARGE and/or SOIL EROSION and/or SEDIMENT CONTROL,
click here
NEW
Development of
Stormwater Management Plan and Site Plan
For any development or redevelopment in the City of Woonsocket we
require the development and submittal of a
Stormwater
Management Plan with any kind of preliminary plan. This
Stormwater Management Plan should address, at a minimum, the
following steps:
1) You are required to incorporate and address Treatment-Train
concepts in the plan. See
Woonsocket BMP Manual for explanation of Treatment-Train and Best
Management Practices.
Conventional dry
detention basins do
not provide a permanent pool and are not recommended for general
application use to meet water
quality criteria, as they fail to demonstrate an ability to
meet the majority of the water quality goals. In addition, dry
detention basins are prone to clogging and re-suspension of
previously settled solids and require a higher frequency of
maintenance than wet ponds if used for untreated stormwater flows.
These facilities can be used in combination with appropriate water
quality controls to provide channel protection, and over bank and
extreme flood storage.
2) Preserve and utilize the natural drainage system wherever
possible: Designing around the natural lay of the land and natural
vegetation such as tree lines and stream buffers defined in a site
analysis; Design the development to fit into the terrain and
minimize the land disturbance. See
Low Impact Development Center.
3) Integrate water quality and water quantity aspects of the site
during the preliminary site plan: required landscape areas/open
space can and should be incorporated into the
Treatment-Train/stormwater system.
4) Schedule a pre-application meeting with Woonsocket City Planners,
Stormwater, Engineering and other city departments, as necessary,
during the early part of your concept.
5) Identify on the plans (on or off-site) the streams, springs,
wetlands or sink holes that may potentially to be affected by this
project.
6) Through the use of various techniques, reduce and disconnect
impervious surface area.
7) Where possible, preserve and use native vegetation. Native
vegetation grows better and may require less water and fertilizer
and has deeper roots to hold soil in place. (see TVA Benefits
of Riparian Zones).
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