Water Quality Testing & Compliance
Permitting Compliance
Complying with Local & Federal Stormwater Regulations
Stormwater regulations are created at the federal, state and local levels, it is important to maintain compliance with all regulations to avoid fees and potential jail time.
Abiding by Permits
Depending on the types of activities performed on your site, permits and regular inspections may be required to maintain compliance with regulations. According to the Clean Water Act, if you discharge pollutants through a point source into a “Water of the United States”, a National Pollutants Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit is required. Industrial sites, such as manufacturing, landfills, scrapyards, power plants, transportation/ vehicle maintenance, sewage treatment and other facilities (see all eleven categories here) are also required to follow federal regulations, including a NPDES permit.
AQUALIS provides detailed management of this and other permits to ensure your property is compliant.
Stormwater on Your Property
Maintaining these permits and the required inspections, testing and general documentation can be overwhelming for property managers and owners. Depending on the permit requirements, property owners can be expected to sample discharges and submit reports on a monthly basis. These permits must also be renewed with the regulating body every five years.
Understanding Compliance
Record Keeping
Regulatory agencies have the right to inspect facilities that are covered under their permits. These inspections can be daunting if your records are not in order. They also have the ability to give violations if they feel the property is not complying with the Permit requirements. At best this can result in internal fire drills getting reports compiled and inspections completed to meet the inspection demands, at worst there can be costly fees.
With AQUALIS monitoring your stormwater compliance program you can feel confident during an inspection. All your records and SWPPP training rosters are organized and at your fingertips. We also assist our clients by working with the inspector while you sit with them, explaining where the records are located and answering any questions that you need help with.
Prolong The Life of Your Stormwater System
AQUALIS offers comprehensive maintenance and regular servicing solutions tailored to your property to ensure your stormwater systems operate correctly while extending the life of your investment and avoiding costly NOVs.
Systems We Maintain
Vegetated system designed to hold a permanent volume of water at all times with extra capacity for rain events
Vegetated system designed to hold temporary volumes of water during and following a rain event
Vegetated system designed with specific water quality and quantity aspects to channel runoff while promoting infiltration
Vegetated system designed with highly permeable soils that facilitate infiltration and groundwater recharge
Devices installed at pipe or channel outfalls that convert high-velocity channelized flow into diffused sheet flow for infiltration and removal of particulate pollutants
Outfalls are the drainage or discharge point of a stormwater system. They are designed to convey water away from urban areas.
Underground storage for collecting stormwater. Vaults have a storage capacity that regulates the flow of stormwater as it continues further downstream and off property.
These assets are collection points that allow stormwater runoff to enter stormwater assets where the water can be stored.
Underground infrastructure, also called pipelines, that convey stormwater from one place to another.
Underground systems that utilize technology and innovations to removal trash, debris, sediment and hydrocarbons from stormwater.
An underground SCM that allows stormwater to infiltrate back into the groundwater rather than another SCM or body of water.
Designed systems often retrofitted into storm sewers with storage and pollutant removal capabilities where aboveground SCM may be costly or unviable.
Solving Erosion & Compliance Issues in Orlando, FL
This property has four dry retention ponds that collect and treat stormwater runoff. Over time, these ponds were neglected and fell into disrepair. The local municipality inspected this property and found the stormwater system out of compliance with regulations. The client requested AQUALIS return the site to compliance.
Did you receive an NOV? Have an urgent need? We can help.
Reach out to an AQUALIS representative today.