Pollution Prevention & Good Housekeeping
Preventing pollutants from entering a waterway is less expensive than restoring a waterway after it has been polluted. Therefore, Londonderry Township first focuses on preventing pollution before it happens. BMPs under each of the minimum measures, but especially under this pollution prevention category, focus on preventing pollutants from contacting stormwater.
Municipal activities such as winter road maintenance, minor road repairs, and other infrastructure work, automobile fleet maintenance, landscaping and park maintenance, and building maintenance can release pollutants into MS4s that ultimately discharge to nearby waterbodies. Municipal facilities can also be sources of stormwater pollutants if BMPs are not in place to contain spills, manage trash, and handle non-stormwater discharges.
Cleaning storm drains can prevent pollutants from entering nearby waterways. Londonderry Township has staff trained to prevent and reduce stormwater pollution from activities like maintaining MS4 infrastructure and performing daily municipal activities.
This primarily includes:
Developing inspection and maintenance procedures and schedules for stormwater BMPs
Implementing BMPs to treat pollutants from transportation infrastructure, maintenance areas, storage yards, sand and salt storage areas
Establishing procedures for properly disposing of pollutants removed from the MS4
Identifying ways to incorporate water quality controls into new and existing flood management projects
Developing a training program for all municipal staff involved in activities that could discharge pollutants to the MS4
Developing standard operating procedures that incorporate stormwater BMPs for common municipal activities
Download Londonderry Township's Plan for Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping for Municipal Operations
Reviewed 4/4/2024. Revised 1/8/2021.
Our Stormwater Program Pages
- Resources For Homeowners
- Resources For Farmers
- Resources For Students
- Chesapeake Bay Pollutant Reduction Plan
- Water Quality Projects in Londonderry
- Public Education
- Public Involvement
- Illicit Discharge Detection & Elimination
- Construction
- Post-Construction
- Pollution Prevention & Good Housekeeping
- Stormwater Management Ordinance (SWMO)
- Annual Report (~13mb)