Permit Info

Stormwater Discharge permits are required by Chapter NR 216 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code. The purpose of this chapter is to establish criteria defining those   storm water discharges needing WPDES storm water permits, as required by s. 283.33, Stats., and to implement the appropriate performance standards of subchs. III and IV of ch. NR 151. The goal of this chapter is to minimize the discharge of pollutants carried by storm water runoff from certain industrial facilities, construction sites and municipal separate storm sewer systems as identified in this chapter.

Stormwater Discharge Permits shall, at a minimum, require compliance with eight different elements: (1) Public Education and Outreach; (2) Public Involvement and Participation; (3) Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination; (4) Construction Site Pollutant Control; (5) Post-construction Site Stormwater Management; (6) Pollution Prevention; (7) Storm Sewer System Map; and (8) Annual Report.

Click Here for the WDNR Stormwater Contact for your Community.

Other Resources:

Center for Watershed Protection The Center for Watershed Protection is a non-profit
501(c)3 corporation that provides local governments, activists, and watershed organizations around the country with the technical tools for protecting some of the nation's most precious natural resources: our streams, lakes and rivers.

EPA Resource List (May 2004) for Stormwater Management Programs--with links

EPA Measurable Goals

Wisconson Department of Transportation - Official State Truck Highway Systems Map

Example Stormwater Web Page Links

Michigan – Be Stormwater Savvy
http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3313_3682_3714-118486--,00.html

California - City of Los Angeles
http://www.lastormwater.org/WPD/program/pubedpage.htm

Wisconsin - Dane County
http://www.myfairlakes.com/what_more.asp#home

Minnesota – Minnesota Water - Let's Keep It Clean
http://www.cleanwatermn.org/index.asp