NOCLA Meeting: How OC's Storm Water Program Impacts your Business

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The North Orange County Legislative Alliance (NOCLA) advocates for public policy that encourages business growth and economic expansion for businesses in Brea, Fullerton, La Habra, Placentia, and Yorba Linda through the combined influence of five chambers.

During a presentation at the Wednesday, Oct. 7 meeting, learn about Orange County’s Storm Water Program and how it impacts your business..
 
Up for discussion will be how water pollution degrades surface waters, creating unsafe conditions for fishing, swimming, and other activities as well as how pollution negatively impacts drinking water resources.
 
Since 1990, operators of municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s) are required to develop a storm water management program designed to prevent harmful pollutants from impacting water resources via storm water runoff. In Orange County, storm water and urban runoff enter the storm water system from streets, curbs and gutters and travel, untreated to local water bodies or the Pacific Ocean.
 
Protection and preservation of water resources in the United States is governed by the federal Clean Water Act. Passage of the 1987 Water Quality Act established regulation of non-point source pollution to augment the regulation of point source pollution established by the 1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Section 402(p)(2) of the 1987 regulation created the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program to control non-point source pollution.