Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program
The City of Minnetonka is included in a group of communities with populations greater than 10,000 that are federally required to obtain a Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit for managing non-point source storm water. Non-point source storm water is generally the overland flow of storm water that does not originate from a single pipe, otherwise know as point-source storm water.
The Phase II National Pollution and Discharge and Elimination System (NPDES) permitting process requires cities such as Minnetonka to file a Phase II NPDES permit with the Minnesota Pollution control Agency (MPCA) which addresses how the city will regulate and improve storm water discharges. The permit must include a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program (SWPPP) addressing all the requirements of the permit.
On Tuesday, January 8, 2008, the MPCA issued public notice of request for comments on 14 municipal SWPPPs and applications for coverage under the general permit for MS4s. The public notice is available on the MPCA public notice Web page. Additional information on the public notice process for MS4 General Permit applications and SWPPPs is available on the MPCA Web site.
Program details
The documents below describe the details of Minnetonka’s storm water pollution prevention program.
- General storm water permit application (PDF) for small municipal separate storm sewer systems
- Introduction (PDF)
- Best management practices (BMPs)
- Public education and outreach (PDF)
- Public participation and involvement (PDF)
- Illicit discharge detection and elimination (PDF)
- Construction site stormwater runoff control measures (PDF)
- Post-construction stormwater management measures (PDF)
- Pollution prevention/good housekeeping (PDF)
- Nondegradation for selected MS4s (PDF)
- Response to listing of impaired waters (PDF)
- Education implementation plan (PDF)
