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Roadways (incl. Street Sweeping Program)
The Permittee is required by the MS4 permit to operate and maintain public streets, roads, highways, and rights-of-way in a manner to reduce the discharge of pollutants into stormwater.
The required components of the Roadway Program are:
- Litter Control
- Street Sweeping
- Municipal Yards (that support road maintenance activity)
An “Adopt-A-Road” program is suggested, but is not required. If the Permittee coordinates a program, it should be documented and reported in each annual report.
Street Sweeping: The Permittee must maintain a description of the street sweeping program, including an estimate of the total miles in the program and the frequency of sweeping. Material collected must be measured (by weight or volume) and documented for reporting purposes. The amount of phosphorus and nitrogen removed must also be calculated. A study by the Florida Stormwater Association and the University of Florida produced the following table to estimate the loads removed. (A copy of their final report is available here.) The calculation is to be based on the weight of material collected.
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If the Permittee measures collected material by volume, the University of Florida recommends analyzing the collected material for one year to determine the equivalent dry weight. As an alternative, the City of Tampa completed a study wherein they estimated that a cubic yard of dry street sweeping material weighs approximately 750 pounds.
If no street sweeping program is conducted, an explanation must be provided in each annual report.
Maintenance Yards: The Permittee must maintain documentation of the practices carried out to reduce pollutants that could be generated from road repair or maintenance or from municipal equipment yards and maintenance shops that support road maintenance activity. The yards and shops must be inspected annually and all inspections must be documented for annual reporting.