Stormwater Terms UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
NPDES Permits? - CORRECT ANSWER - The Clean Water Act prohibits anybody from
discharging "pollutants" through a "point source" into a "water of the United States" unless they
have an NPDES permit.
The permit will contains:
-limits on what you can discharge
-monitoring and reporting requirements
-provisions to ensure that the discharge does not hurt water quality or people's health. In essence,
the permit translates general requirements of the Clean Water Act into specific provisions
tailored to the operations of each person discharging pollutants.
NPDES - CORRECT ANSWER - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
CFR - CORRECT ANSWER - Code of Federal Regulations
CSD - CORRECT ANSWER - Community Services District
IWMA - CORRECT ANSWER - Integrated Waste Management Authority
LID - CORRECT ANSWER - Low Impact Development
MEP - CORRECT ANSWER - Maximum Extent Practicable
MS4 - CORRECT ANSWER - Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System
NOI - CORRECT ANSWER - Notice of Intent
, NSP - CORRECT ANSWER - Nonpoint Source Pollution
SWMP - CORRECT ANSWER - Stormwater Management Program
SWPP2 - CORRECT ANSWER - Stormwater Pollution Prevention
SWPPP - CORRECT ANSWER - Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
SWRCB - CORRECT ANSWER - State Water Resources Control Board
UA - CORRECT ANSWER - Urbanized Area
WDR - CORRECT ANSWER - Waste Discharge Requirements
303(d) waterbody - CORRECT ANSWER - A list of lakes, rivers, and streams that have
been designated as impaired or threatened by a pollutant(s) for which one or more TMDL(s) are
needed. Impaired means that the water is not meeting state water quality standards
319 - CORRECT ANSWER - The section of the Federal Clean Water Act that deals with
nonpoint pollution
Basin plan - CORRECT ANSWER - A plan and all implementing regulations and
procedures including but not limited to capital projects, public education activities, land use
management regulations adopted by ordinance for managing surface and storm water
management facilities, and features within individual subbasins.
Biofiltration swale or Bioswale sketch - CORRECT ANSWER - A long, gently sloped,
vegetated ditch designed to filter pollutants from stormwater. Grass is the most common
vegetation, but wetland vegetation can be used if the soil is saturated.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
NPDES Permits? - CORRECT ANSWER - The Clean Water Act prohibits anybody from
discharging "pollutants" through a "point source" into a "water of the United States" unless they
have an NPDES permit.
The permit will contains:
-limits on what you can discharge
-monitoring and reporting requirements
-provisions to ensure that the discharge does not hurt water quality or people's health. In essence,
the permit translates general requirements of the Clean Water Act into specific provisions
tailored to the operations of each person discharging pollutants.
NPDES - CORRECT ANSWER - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
CFR - CORRECT ANSWER - Code of Federal Regulations
CSD - CORRECT ANSWER - Community Services District
IWMA - CORRECT ANSWER - Integrated Waste Management Authority
LID - CORRECT ANSWER - Low Impact Development
MEP - CORRECT ANSWER - Maximum Extent Practicable
MS4 - CORRECT ANSWER - Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System
NOI - CORRECT ANSWER - Notice of Intent
, NSP - CORRECT ANSWER - Nonpoint Source Pollution
SWMP - CORRECT ANSWER - Stormwater Management Program
SWPP2 - CORRECT ANSWER - Stormwater Pollution Prevention
SWPPP - CORRECT ANSWER - Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
SWRCB - CORRECT ANSWER - State Water Resources Control Board
UA - CORRECT ANSWER - Urbanized Area
WDR - CORRECT ANSWER - Waste Discharge Requirements
303(d) waterbody - CORRECT ANSWER - A list of lakes, rivers, and streams that have
been designated as impaired or threatened by a pollutant(s) for which one or more TMDL(s) are
needed. Impaired means that the water is not meeting state water quality standards
319 - CORRECT ANSWER - The section of the Federal Clean Water Act that deals with
nonpoint pollution
Basin plan - CORRECT ANSWER - A plan and all implementing regulations and
procedures including but not limited to capital projects, public education activities, land use
management regulations adopted by ordinance for managing surface and storm water
management facilities, and features within individual subbasins.
Biofiltration swale or Bioswale sketch - CORRECT ANSWER - A long, gently sloped,
vegetated ditch designed to filter pollutants from stormwater. Grass is the most common
vegetation, but wetland vegetation can be used if the soil is saturated.
