STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION EXAM QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
ANSWERS 2024/2025 | VERIFIED
Match the following laws and regulatory measures with their corresponding descriptions
Law that set quality standards for containments in surface waters and made it unlawful to discharge into
waterways - ✔️✔️The clean water act
Permit program that regulates pollution at its source - ✔️✔️NPDES
Written plan that outlines how to protect waterways from contaminated storm water runoff -
✔️✔️SWPPP
Law identifies parties responsible for the cleanup as well as parties liable for funding the cleanup and
compensating damages incurred by the release - ✔️✔️CERCLA
Match each structural BMP with its corresponding definition
Dikes, berms, and retaining walls surrounding tanks of liquids - ✔️✔️Secondary containment area
Inlets to drain systems that typically include a grate and sump to catch debris, sediment, and other
pollutants - ✔️✔️Catch basin
Used to channel storm water away from
Potentially contaminated areas or to carry contaminated runoff to a treatment facility - ✔️✔️Flow
diversion
Landscaping features commonly located in the parking lot and residential areas that provide on site
treatment - ✔️✔️Bio retention
Typically a pond with a permanent pool of water that retains stormwater runoff and filters pollutants
through biological uptake - ✔️✔️Wet retention pool
ANSWERS 2024/2025 | VERIFIED
Match the following laws and regulatory measures with their corresponding descriptions
Law that set quality standards for containments in surface waters and made it unlawful to discharge into
waterways - ✔️✔️The clean water act
Permit program that regulates pollution at its source - ✔️✔️NPDES
Written plan that outlines how to protect waterways from contaminated storm water runoff -
✔️✔️SWPPP
Law identifies parties responsible for the cleanup as well as parties liable for funding the cleanup and
compensating damages incurred by the release - ✔️✔️CERCLA
Match each structural BMP with its corresponding definition
Dikes, berms, and retaining walls surrounding tanks of liquids - ✔️✔️Secondary containment area
Inlets to drain systems that typically include a grate and sump to catch debris, sediment, and other
pollutants - ✔️✔️Catch basin
Used to channel storm water away from
Potentially contaminated areas or to carry contaminated runoff to a treatment facility - ✔️✔️Flow
diversion
Landscaping features commonly located in the parking lot and residential areas that provide on site
treatment - ✔️✔️Bio retention
Typically a pond with a permanent pool of water that retains stormwater runoff and filters pollutants
through biological uptake - ✔️✔️Wet retention pool
