Stormwater Management
Stormwater Management
WHAT IS STORMWATER POLLUTION?
Water from rain and melting snow that flows over lawns, parking lots and streets is known as stormwater runoff. This water, which travels along gutters, into catch basins and through storm drain pipes and ditches, usually is not treated, but then flows or is discharged into local waterbodies. Along the way, the stormwater picks up trash (fast-food wrappers, cigarette butts, styrofoam cups, etc.) and toxins and other pollutants (gas, motor oil, antifreeze, fertilizers, pesticides and pet droppings). This polluted stormwater can kill fish and other wildlife, destroy wildlife habitat, contaminate drinking water sources and force the closing of beaches because of health threats to swimmers.
Human activity is largely responsible for the stormwater pollution. Everything that we put on the ground or into the storm drain can end up in our water. Each of us has a responsibility to make sure these contaminants stay out of our water. Whether we have clean water is up to you.
Visit www.cleanwaternj.org and www.njstormwater.org for additional information as well as educational resources. Click here for a map of the NJ Watersheds, Watershed Management Areas and Water Regions.
What is Stormwater? What's a Watershed?
To read the Township's Stormwater Plan, visit Byram's Municipal Stormwater Management Plan and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (under Department of Public Works)
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
Chapter 267 - Nuisance Animals (Pet Waste)
Chapter 167 - Littering and Dumping
Chapter 87:18 and 87:19 Wildlife and Wild Waterfowl Feeding
Chapter 203 - Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System
Chapter 142 - Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
Chapter 211 - Stormwater Control
Chapter 212- Tree Preservation Ordinance (Ord. 007-2024)
2021 Stormwater Letter Mailing
