Long-Term Objectives

1. Complement NCSU's partnership with industry and municipalities by providing guidance on stormwater runoff quantity, quality, and control.

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Short-Term Objectives

1. Demonstrate and evaluate the effectiveness of urban water quality best management practices (BMPs).

2. Disseminate data and information on the quality of runoff from industrial and urban areas and provide guidance on the monitoring required for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.

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Accomplishments

1. Developed Stormwater Management Guidance Manual and Erosion and Sediment Control Manuals for state of North Carolina.

2. Participated in 3 regional workshops on stormwater management.

3. Monitored stormwater from 21 North Carolina industries to provide data on types, levels, and frequency of contaminants in surface runoff end the adequacy of regulatory monitoring.

4. Monitored stormwater in a stream draining from a heavily urbanized area before implementing BMPs and plan to monitor after implementation.

5. Assessed pollutant potential in the Greensboro and Orange County (OWASA) water supply watersheds.

6. Helped assess environmental damages and plan stream restoration and possible demonstration site for Rocky Branch on the NCSU campus.

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Significance of Accomplishments

With continued urban and industrial growth, the significance of runoff from urban areas is increasing prompting municipalities along with state agencies to seek information and guidance on how to control stormwater from existing areas and to minimize the effects of runoff from planned expansion. The manuals, workshops, and monitoring data provide valuable information that helps in the planning of expansion and in predicting the effects on water resources.

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Future Plans

1. Demonstrate and evaluate, through monitoring, the effectiveness of urban BMPs.

2. Disseminate information about urban/industrial stormwater management.

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