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City of San José's Stormwater Permit & Regulations
The City of San José is located within the jurisdiction
of the San
Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 2
(Regional Board), the enforcement arm of the State Water Resources
Control Board (Water Board).
The Regional Board issues a joint National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination (NPDES) Permit to Santa Clara County, the Santa
Clara Valley Water District, and 13 of the cities within the
County including San José. This collection of municipalities
and agencies, referred to as Co-Permittees,
formed an association called the Santa
Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program (SCVURPPP)
to meet NPDES permit regulations by sharing resources and collaborating
on projects of mutual benefit.
The NPDES
permit governs a variety of activities in the City of
San José such as industrial and commercial businesses, new
and redevelopment projects, construction sites, stormdrain operation
and maintenance, creek monitoring, pesticide applications, and illegal
dumping of water and other pollution in the City’s stormdrain.
Under the permit, San José develops an Annual
Workplan outlining proposed activities necessary to protect
our creeks and rivers from polluted stormwater runoff. The City
also prepares an Annual
Report that evaluates progress during that fiscal year. Both
documents are approved by the City Council prior to their submittal
to the Regional Board.
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Report Storm Drain Dumping
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Call
(408) 945-3000
Or use the online form to
report illegal dumping to the storm drain.
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