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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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newVideo Interview about SMCWPPP airing now on PenTV26

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
new"Tackling Trash in San Mateo County's Urban Waterways"
2006-2007 Fact Sheet of SMCWPPP's Successes (pdf)
2006-2007 Fact Sheet of SMCWPPP's Successes (11"x17" print quality version) (pdf)

Annual Reports
2003-2004 Exectuive Summary(pdf)
2004-2005 Executive Summary (pdf)
2005-2006 Annual Report (pdf)
2006-2007 Annual Report (pdf)
2007-2008 Annual Report (pdf)
new2008-2009 Annual Report (pdf)

SMCWPPP Committee Meetings
Click on the sections below for Time, Location, Agenda, and Meeting Minutes


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regional Water Quality Control Board City County Association of Governments Technical Advisory Committee New Development and Construction Public Information and Participation Commercial Industrial Illicit Discharge Public Works Municipal Maintenance Parks Maintenance and Integrated Pest Management Watershed Assessment and Monitoring