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What to do if you have an ANT emergency VIDEO (1 min) and more video tips on ants at UCIPM Tips for a Cleaner Bay How Your School Can Prevent Stormwater Pollution Video Interview about SMCWPPP airing now on PenTV26 Too Toxic To Trash! Recycling Locations Cigarette Litter Reduction: results of 2009 Pocket Ashtray pilot study. Smokers in San Mateo County can recieve a FREE pocket ashtray. Watershed Studies of San Mateo County Watersheds
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Water pollution degrades surface waters making them unsafe for drinking, fishing, swimming, and other activities. The San Mateo Countywide Water Pollution Prevention Program (SMCWPPP) was established in 1990 to reduce the pollution carried by stormwater into local creeks, the San Francisco Bay, and the Pacific Ocean. The program is a partnership of the City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG), each incorporated city and town in the county, and the County of San Mateo, which share a common National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. The Federal Clean Water Act and the California Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act require that large urban areas discharging stormwater into the San Francisco Bay or the Pacific Ocean have an NPDES permit to prevent harmful pollutants from being dumped or washed by stormwater runoff, into the stormwater system, then discharged into local waterbodies. San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Marin, Sonoma, Solano, San Francisco, Fairfield/Suisun, Vallejo and Contra Costa Counties have each obtained these permits. Certain types of businesses must also apply for individual coverage, by filing a Notice of Intent (NOI) with the State Water Resources Control Board Stormwater Management Plan (pdf) outlines the priorities, key elements, strategies, and evaluation methods for San Mateo Countywide Water Pollution Prevention Program. The comprehensive Program includes pollution reduction activities for construction sites, industrial sites, illegal discharges and illicit connections, new development, and municipal operations. The program also includes a public education effort, target pollutant reduction strategy, and monitoring program. Program Highlights
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