Stormwater Management Program for Developers

The County’s Stormwater Management Program promotes and insures the design, construction, management, and maintenance of stormwater systems to:

1. Improve and enhance the quality of stormwater runoff from development
2. Maximize infiltration of stormwater
3. Collect and transmit excess stormwater flows in a manner to protect human health and welfare and to protect property
4. Protect and preserve downstream natural drainage ways

The program also seeks to mitigate impacts on surface water resources from development to the maximum extent feasible.

Program Areas

The four major areas the program addresses are: 

• New development
• Illegal discharge identification and elimination
• Retrofit locations for best management practices to control nitrogen export
• Public education and awareness of water quality issues. 

In addition to these areas the program also promotes:

• Riparian buffer protection
• Open space preservation through land dedication
• Additional stream buffers and development restrictions for protection of endangered aquatic species
• Water Supply Watershed protection.

Program Scope

The County stormwater ordinance applies to the unincorporated areas of the County and to the Towns of Benson and Archer Lodge.

Resources

• County Stormwater Design Manual
• SCM O&M agreements <link to forms> 
• SCM O&M Plan COMING SOON!
• NCDEQ MDC website for SCMs