Middletown Planning Department
Ronald M. Wolanski, AICP - Town Planner
E-Mail: rwolanski@middletownri.com
350 East Main Road (2nd Floor)
Middletown, RI 02842
Phone: (401) 849-4027
Fax: (401) 845-0414

Middletown Stormwater Management Program

The Rhode Island Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (RIPDES) Program enacted Phase II Storm Water regulations that require operators of municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s) to implement programs and practices to minimize pollution from storm water runoff. The regulations require MS4s within urbanized or densely populated areas, such as the Town of Middletown, to develop storm water management programs and to obtain RIPDES Phase II storm water permits.

Middletown’s Stormwater Management Plan (SWMP) was adopted by the Town Council in December of 2003. The goal of the SWMP is to reduce adverse impacts to water quality, aquatic habitat and human health by instituting the use of controls on the unregulated sources of storm water discharges that have the greatest likelihood of causing continued environmental degradation.

Ordinances

• Chapter 151: Construction Site Runoff Control
• Chapter 153: Stormwater Management

Volunteer Opportunities

• Save the Bay - http://www.savebay.org/work_volunteeropps.asp
• URI Watershed Watch - http://www.uri.edu/ce/wq/ww/Communities.htm
• Audubon Society - http://www.asri.org/volunteer_ops.htm
• The Nature Conservancy - http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/rhodeisland/volunteer/
• RI Wild Plant Society - http://www.riwps.org/Newsite03-06/volunteer.htm
• Norman Bird Sanctuary - http://www.normanbirdsanctuary.org/welcome.shtml
  

General Links

• RIDEM RIPDES Stormwater Web site
  http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/benviron/water/permits/ripdes/stwater/index.htm
• EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Web site
  http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/
• Stormwater Center- http://www.stormwatercenter.net
• Rhode Island Stormwater Manual
• Rhode Island Storm Water Design and Installation Standards Manual (1993)
• Draft Rhode Island Storm Water Manual Chapters (2005)
• Introductory Sections
• Nonstructural and Small-scale Upland Management
• P2, Emerging Technologies, Hydrology, Selection Criteria, Site Planning & Retrofitting
• End of Pipe Structural BMPs
• Fact Sheets
  • Managing Household Chemicals
  • Caring For Your Septic System
  • Pet Waste
  • Environmentally Friendly Lawn Care
  • Conserving Water at Home
  • Boating