[vc_row][vc_column][breadcrumb-shortcode][vc_custom_heading text=”SWU Resources” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:40px|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1752784420229{margin-right: 75px !important;margin-left: 75px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1752848447223{margin-right: 100px !important;margin-left: 100px !important;}”]<\/p>\n
This page provides a variety of supplemental information, from a glossary of acronyms and terms used throughout this site, to a Frequently Asked Questions section, as well as links to many other websites and resources we have used to develop this stormwater utility website.<\/p>\n
This page will be updated periodically to add new information as it is developed or discovered. Please feel free to use the\u00a0Contact Us link on the Home Page to inform us of material that is not mentioned here that has assisted you with the understanding, establishment or implementation of a stormwater utility.\u00a0 However, please note that the inclusion of links on this webpage to organizations outside this Department are for informational purposes and does not indicate the Department\u2019s endorsement of the material on that website.<\/p>\n
Also, as noted often throughout these SWU webpages, the Department has developed a\u00a0free mapping and inventory tool<\/a>\u00a0for users to create an inventory and map of their stormwater facilities. Information regarding logging inspections, routine maintenance, needed upgrades, and repairs can also be developed from the inventory.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Other Helpful Links” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:40px|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1752784408181{margin-right: 75px !important;margin-left: 75px !important;}” el_class=”class=“header-dblue“”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1750882449485{margin-right: 100px !important;margin-left: 100px !important;}”]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Need Help?” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:40px|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1752784394837{margin-right: 75px !important;margin-left: 75px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1750881741081{margin-right: 100px !important;margin-left: 100px !important;}”]You may contact the Department\u2019s Bureau of NJPDES Stormwater Permitting for MS4 questions and overall guidance questions: (609)-633-7021 or stormwaterutility@deptest.nj.gov<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Glossary and Acronyms” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:40px|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1752784576459{margin-right: 75px !important;margin-left: 75px !important;}” el_class=”class=“header-dblue“”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1774541807777{margin-right: 150px !important;margin-left: 150px !important;}”]All words and terms used throughout this website shall have meanings as defined in the “Regulations Concerning the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System” (N.J.A.C. 7:14A), unless otherwise stated or unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.<\/p>\n Act<\/u><\/strong>\u2013 means the\u00a0\u201cClean Stormwater and Flood Reduction Act\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/a>which is the act that allows for the formation of stormwater utilities in New Jersey.<\/p>\n BRE<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Business Risk Exposure, which is a method of calculating (scoring) the nature and level of exposure that a utility is likely to confront through a potential failure of a specified asset<\/p>\n BMP<\/u><\/strong>\u2013 Best Management Practices, or measures that are designed to achieve the permittee\u2019s requirement to reduce the discharge of pollutants from the permittee\u2019s property, i.e. the municipality\u2019s MS4, municipal maintenance yards and other ancillary operations, to protect water quality, and to satisfy the applicable water quality requirements of the Clean Water Act.<\/p>\n BMP Manual<\/u><\/strong>\u2013 the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practice Manual. This manual provides guidance to address the standards in the Stormwater Management Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:8. A link to this manual can be found at\u00a0https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/stormwater\/bmp-manual\/<\/a><\/p>\n CSO<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 “Combined Sewer Overflow”, or the excess flow from the combined sewer system which is not conveyed to the domestic treatment works for treatment, but transmitted by pipe or other channel directly to waters of the State. \u00a0For more information on the CSOs in New Jersey, please see \u2013\u00a0https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/dwq\/combined-sewer-overflow\/<\/a><\/p>\n CWA<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the Clean Water Act also known as the Federal Act or Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. et seq.) including all subsequent supplements and amendments.\u2013\u00a0Clean Water Act\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n DCA\u00a0<\/strong><\/u>\u2013 the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs \u2013\u00a0https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/dca\/<\/a><\/p>\n EPA<\/u>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 the United States Environmental Protection Agency \u2013\u00a0https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/<\/a><\/p>\n GI<\/strong><\/u>\u00a0\u2013 Green Infrastructure, which is a stormwater management measure that manages stormwater close to its source by treating stormwater runoff through infiltration into subsoil, treating stormwater runoff through filtration by vegetation or soil, or storing stormwater runoff for reuse.<\/p>\n This is the definition from the Stormwater Management Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:8.\u00a0 Please see this link here\u00a0<\/a>. These regulations were recently amended with a one year delayed operative date, with those amendments becoming effective on March 2, 2021.<\/p>\n GIS<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Geographic Information Systems<\/p>\n LOS<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Level of Service, which is the specified goals of the stormwater utility, with consideration for the role and function of utility infrastructure assets and how they are expected to perform.<\/p>\n LTCP<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 means Long Term Control Plan, which is a required submission to the state by CSO permittees that identifies chosen alternatives and the implementation plan to reducing CSO discharges. \u00a0These LTCPS are based on system-wide evaluations of the sewer infrastructure and includes the relationship between the sewer capacity, precipitation, treatment capacity, and overflow.\u00a0 For more information on long-term control plans, please see \u2013 https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/dep\/dwq\/cso.htm<\/a><\/p>\n MSWMP<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Municipal Stormwater Management Plan.\u00a0 See a sample MSWMP here <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n MS4<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/stormwater\/municipal-stormwater-regulation-program\/ms4-permits\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n NJDEP<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection<\/p>\n NJPDES<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 means the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.\u00a0\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>The NJPDES Program protects New Jersey’s ground and surface water quality by assuring the proper treatment and discharge of wastewater (and its residuals) and stormwater from various types of facilities and activities. To accomplish this, permits are issued limiting the mass and\/or concentration of pollutants which may be discharged into groundwater, streams, rivers, and the ocean. The types of regulated facilities can range from very small users such as campgrounds, schools, and shopping centers to larger industrial and municipal wastewater dischargers<\/p>\n NJWB<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0– New Jersey Water Bank – (formerly – New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program)https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wiip\/njwb-process\/<\/a><\/p>\n SCO<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Stormwater Control Ordinance.\u00a0 See Model SCO language here <\/i> <\/a><\/p>\n SWU<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Stormwater Utility<\/u>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:40px|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1752784703510{margin-right: 75px !important;margin-left: 75px !important;}” el_class=”class=“header-dblue“”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1774541837735{margin-right: 125px !important;margin-left: 125px !important;}”]<\/p>\n\n