Stormwater Management Information
Stormwater, or stormwater runoff, occurs when precipitation flows over impervious surfaces on the ground, such as roads, sidewalks, driveways, and roofs. As the water flows, it collects sediment, oils, trash, and other pollutants. These end up in our public rivers and lakes— like Dudley Pond and Sudbury River. Mismanaged and illicit pollutants in stormwater can harm wildlife, cause flooding & erosion, and hinder recreation in public spaces.
To prevent these negative impacts, we all need to do our part to diminish the effect of pollutants on our natural environment.
What Residents Can Do
Every resident can do their part to keep our lakes, rivers, and brooks clean and healthy. Click Here for tips to prevent stormwater pollution from your home.
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What Businesses Can Do
Businesses, institutions, churches, and hospitals can all do their part to keep Massachusetts' waterways clean. Click Here for tips to prevent stormwater pollution from your parking lots, grounds, and operations. |
What Developers Can Do
Stormwater pollution often begins at construction sites, but it doesn't have to. Click Here for tips that developers can take to keep Massachusetts waterways clean.
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What Industrial Facilities Can Do
Industrial facilities can do their part to reduce stormwater pollution in Massachusetts. Click Here for tips about parking lots, grounds, and waste management practices.
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The Town of Wayland is committed to enhancing the water quality of our local water bodies. Click Here for Wayland’s Stormwater Brochure. Wayland enacted a Stormwater Management Program (SWMP) which will help the Town target drainage infrastructure improvements. Please review the SWMP to learn more about the steps the Town will be taking to protect our natural resources.
Click Here for more information about the Town’s SWMP and MS4 permitting process.
The US EPA and MassDEP require Municipalities with Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) in urbanized areas (through the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems (NPDES) permit) to implement programs and practices to control polluted stormwater runoff. Wayland is regulated as a Phase II community. Phase II is intended to further reduce adverse impacts to water quality and aquatic habitat by instituting the use of controls on the unregulated sources of stormwater discharges that have the greatest likelihood of causing continued environmental degradation.
In Wayland, stormwater is regulated at the federal level by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the state level by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and at the town level it falls under the jurisdiction of the Wayland Wetlands and Water Resources Bylaw, Chapter 194, which is regulated by the Conservation Commission, and Chapter 193, Stormwater and Land Disturbance bylaw.
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