NPDES Water Quality Permit/Program
About the Program
The City’s goal is to protect water quality by reducing the amount of pollution that runs off lawns, parking lots and streets. Urban areas, including Elmhurst, that collect stormwater runoff in municipal storm sewers and discharge it into creeks and rivers are required to have a permit under the federal Clean Water Act.
NPDES Permit
This permit, called the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Phase II Municipal Stormwater Permit, requires Elmhurst to create and implement a Stormwater Management Program (SWMP), which includes:
- Public Education and Outreach
- Public Involvement and Participation
- Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
- Runoff Control from New Development, Redevelopment and Construction Sites
- Pollution Prevention
- Operations and Maintenance
City of Elmhurst NPDES Permit
The following copies of the City's NPDES Permit is available for review:
- General NPDES Permit ILR40
- Notice of Intent
- NPDES Annual Reports 2018 - Present
- The City of Elmhurst is Co-Permitee to DuPage County starting with the 2018 annual report. DuPage County has copies of the annual report from 2018 onward on their Stormwater Management website, which can be accessed by clicking on the title link above.
- NPDES Annual Report 2017-2018
- NPDES Annual Report 2016-2017
- NPDES Annual Report 2015-2016
- NPDES Annual Report 2014-2015
- Stormwater Management Program Plan
About the Program
If a resident suspects an illicit discharge into the City’s storm sewer system please contact the City of Elmhurst Public Works Department at (630)530-3753 or DuPage County Stormwater Management at (630)407-6796. For more information on illicit discharges, and the Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Program that the DuPage County runs in partnership with the City of Elmhurst, please see DuPage County's Brochure.