What is the Stormwater System
- Description of System
- Watershed Map

Why It's Regulated
 - What is NPDES
     Phase I Requirements
     Phase II Requirements

Where Stormwater
Pollution Comes From

- Residential
- Streets and Highways
- Construction Sites
- Industry
- Stores and Offices
- Farms and Agriculture

What's Being Done by NCCO
and DelDOT

- Monitoring Programs
     Dry Weather
     Wet Weather
- Drainage System Inventory
- Planning
- Construction Sites
- Streets and Highways
- BMPs
     Structural
     Non-Structural
- Public Education
- Maintenance Corporation

Publications

How You Can Help
- Household Chemicals
- Landscaping and Gardening

Glossary

Frequently Asked Questions

How to Report Problems

Links

Contact Us

   
 



Public Outreach and Education – This includes public education, public service announcements, web sites (yes, the Website you are on is a form of a Non-Structural BMP), adopt-a-highway programs and catch basin labeling. See the Public Education web page for more details

Public Outreach

Storm Drain Marker
Watershed Training Class
Street Sweeping and Litter Collection – These remove litter and pollutants from the roads before they can wash into our streams. The Adopt-A-Highway Program is one way that citizens can become involved in pollution prevention.

Regenerative Sweeper

Adopt-A-Highway
Mechanical Broom Sweeper
Drainage System Inspection and Maintenance – New Castle County and DelDOT perform regular inspection, cleaning and maintenance of the entire storm drain system to insure that all components function properly. Water quality monitoring is an important part of this effort.

Storm Drain Inspection

Storm Drain Cleaning

Monitoring an Outfall