The Colony Texas Storm Water Information

The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued regulations in 1999 to protect storm water quality in small cities and urbanized areas. In Texas, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) was delegated the responsibility for implementing the regulations, commonly called the Phase II Storm Water Program. The City of The Colony is one of several hundred cities, counties, and other public entities required to develop a program to protect storm water quality under Phase II regulations.

The purpose of the Phase II storm water program is to improve water quality in streams and lakes by controlling the runoff of pollutants from construction sites and developed property. Pollutants include sediment from soil erosion, nutrients from fertilizers, chemicals from the treatment of lawns, garbage and floatables from parking lots and streets, and the discharge of industrial pollutants.

EPA regulations require that best management practices (BMPs) be implemented over the next five-years to address six minimum control measures that will improve storm water quality. The minimum control measures are public education and outreach, public participation and involvement, illicit discharge detection and elimination, construction site runoff control, post-construction runoff control, and pollution prevention and good housekeeping at municipal facilities. Measurable goals must be identified for the BMPs and progress on each must be reported annually to TCEQ.

TCEQ finalized the Phase II permit on August 18, 2007. To qualify for the permit, The Colony submitted a Storm Water Management Plan and permit application to TCEQ and was issued permit number “TXR040077” under this program. This plan included BMPs that will be implemented by the City over the next five-years to reduce storm water pollution to the "maximum extent practicable," as EPA regulations require.

The City is providing you with a link to the brochure “NCTCOG: It’s Our Water…Take It Personally.” This brochure provides information for identifying activities that the general public can do at home, in their yard, and in their community to protect our water resources. Informational links to environmental organizations that are committed to improving and protecting these water resources can also be found within this brochure. You can download this brochure on the NCTCOG’s website at the following link below:

http://www.nctcog.org/envir/SEEclean/stormwater/pubs/brochures/SEE_Clean_Water_Broc-03-04.pdf

Any questions on this furnished link for the brochure can be addressed to the attention of the following person:

ATTN: City of The Colony Engineering Department
6800 Main Street
The Colony, Texas 75056
972-624-3195
Engineering@thecolonytx.gov