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Storm Water Management Program (SWMP) Clemson University
Clemson University, Cooperative Extension Service Land Planning Associates, Inc.
Clemson University, Cooperative Extension Service
Land Planning Associates, Inc.
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Abstract
Rainfall that runs across the surface of the ground, known as stormwater runoff, plays a major role in the health of waterways. In an undeveloped setting, a large portion of rainfall has the opportunity to infiltrate through the soil where it is filtered of potential pollutants before entering groundwater. As land development continues and natural pervious surfaces are converted to impervious, water has less opportunity to follow the natural infiltration process, and instead, a large fraction of rainfall is sent rushing across the surface of the ground eventually entering the surrounding waterbodies. As water travels across rooftops, agricultural fields, driveways, and other altered land uses, it picks up pollutants such as oil, grease, sediment, animal waste, fertilizer, etc. and carries them straight to our local waterbodies. In an effort to address and reduce the impairments of waterbodies due to stormwater runoff, Congress established the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Stormwater Program which regulates discharges to waterbodies.
Issue Date
2023-12-16
Keywords
Runoff--South Carolina, Water--Pollution
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