Database Software for Community Participation in EPA NPDES
Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems – MS4
Simple, Effective, Easy and Fast way to wrap up the final Phase II requirements before the 2009 deadline.
Under the NPDES storm water program, operators of large, medium, and regulated small municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s)
have requirements that must be met. Almost all operators have addressed issues covered under the Phase I rules and most have implemented
a majority of Phase II. The i4 Software solves one of your final objective challenges of this implementation. Here is a brief overvew.
Rule 31(e)(3) Program Requirements: Develop, implement and enforce a program to reduce the discharge of pollutants to the maximum extent
practicable. All regulated MS4s are required to develop and implement a Storm Water
Management Program (SWMP) to address each of the Six Minimum Control Measures that are contained in the federal regulation.
One important part that needs to be addressed is
Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination ( IDDE ). Under that section there is this:
- Develop and implement a plan to detect and address non-storm water discharges, including illegal dumping into the MS4.
That is where the i4 Database System comes in to assist your program.
This new computer program helps local jurisdictions track sources of inflow and infiltration into the storm water system
and the injection / discharge, accidental or intentional, of storm water into local sewer systems. . or Visa Versa.
Below is a partial screen shot of a typical I/I Inspection.
The above setup shows the 25 most common features found at properties that contribute to I / I. As the software is data-driven, these features can be customized. A built in pop-up calendar and a Violation Builder Wizard allow the user to quickly enter violations with a few mouse clicks.
There are approximately 30 sources, external and internal to a structure or site, that contribute to total I/I volume.
Some require a works project to rectify. Most can be cured by citizen compliance.
Localities need to identify these problems and take action based on the information gathered.
In order to handle the massive amounts of information (A town of 10,000 properties could be tracking up to 300,000 sources.)
some sort of automation needs to be implemented to take the inspection information and create a corrective action response request for the citizen.
More information on the Features and Functions of the Inspection Screen. Rapid Data Entry.
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