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Greetings!
 On Thanksgiving, let's not forget to be especially grateful for our nation's water quality!
There's no doubt that paying a fee for stormwater management adds yet another burden to a struggling household trying to make it in our ever challenging economy. Lots of people are against paying stormwater fees however, like so many other issues related to stormwater, few people consider the financial implications when millions of gallons of water hit the ground during a single rain event.
The increased water volume, velocity and pollution from stormwater runoff from hard impervious surfaces (parking lots, neighborhood houses, roads, driveways, buildings, tight knit lawns, etc.), add so much water to our watersheds that it causes damage that must be repaired and/or mitigated! See below where a tough decision was made by county managers to overturn an effort to reduce their county's stormwater fee to $1.
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"CONSERVATION EDUCATION
FOR THE OUTDOORSMAN IN ALL OF US!"
We are on TOP of the New
NPDES and GEORGIA EROSION LAWS.
OUR NEW 2014 EROSION AND MS4 TRAINING COURSES ARE UPDATED TO GEORGIA EPD NEW NPDES PERMITS AND STATE LAWS!
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PROUD TO BE AGC's STORMWATER
TRAINING PROVIDER
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eSTORMWATER CORNER
QUESTION 1:
Why would putting a stormwater drain in a backyard be bad for water quality in a lake? Should the municipality that authorized this installation be responsible for the poor water quality that will result?
 This storm drain placed in a new home owners backyard will also capture rainwater runoff from neighbors upstream and will channel pet waste and chemicals like fertilizer, weed killer and you name it, directly to the nearest stream, river and lake. Not a whole lot of thought given to water quality in our watersheds! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUESTION 2: How did the ancient's deal with stormwater management?
From the time of the Roman Empire to the 1800s, WWF m anagement strategies experienced very few noteworthy advancements, and even regressed considerably in terms of sanitation. However, as disease epidemics occurred in major metropolitan areas of Europe towards the start of the middle ages, some believed proper sanitation was partly dependent on adequate sewerage. As in ancient times, stormwater still provided an urban area with the needed flushing mechanism to remove wastes that accumulated in city streets and in the sewer system. Dealing with our mess is never easy and usually costly!
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 Georgia EPD
3 OPTIONS FOR TERTIARY PERMITTEES!
Current owners of lots within an existing Common Development (originally contracted on or after 2000) without a designated Primary Permittee and the current owners intend to initiate construction activities.
OPTION (1) - the owner may submit a Notice of Intent - Initial Notification for each individual lot as a Tertiary Permittee at least.......
OPTION (2) - the owner may submit a single Notice of Intent -Initial Notification for the entire construction site as a Tertiary Permittee, if the total land disturbance within the owner's construction site is less than......
OPTION (3) - the owner may submit a single Notice of Intent - Initial Notification for the entire construction site as either a Primary Permittee of a Common Development or a Tertiary Permittee at least......
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We serve LUNCH for ALL initial courses! This is included in your registration fee, and we did not raise our prices.
- Attendees receive a FREE FIELD MANUAL & updates at all initial classroom trainings.
- SATURDAY Level 1A Fundamentals & Level 1A/1B and Level II Re-cert courses will resume in February 2014 in Norcross!
If you have special requests, We Listen!
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 CLEAN WATER LAW ENFORCEMENT
USEPA
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Shreveport Times
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The city of Shreveport, La., has agreed to make $342 million dollars in upgrades to reduce overflows from its sanitary sewer system and pay a
$650,000 civil penalty to resolve Cle
an Water Act (CWA) violations stemming from illegal discharg
es of raw sewage
the Department of Justice and the U.S. EPA announced today. The state of Louisiana, a co-plaintiff in this case, will receive half of the civil penalty.
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MAN SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL
DUMPING OF WASTEWATER
According to the government's indictment, the defendants discharged untreated wastewater from the Arkla facility directly into the Red River beginning in approximately July 2006 and continuing until at least October 2007, in amounts exceeding 200,000 gallons per day. The indictment stated five counts against both defendants.
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PROPOSED ORDERS:
Under authority of the Water Quality Control Act (including Surface Water Allocation) :
| Facility: | Baxter Chicken Houses/Calhoun; order issued to Mr. Brian Baxter | | Location: | Gordon County | | Order Number: | EPD-WQ-MDO-13-037 | | Cause of Order: | Violations of General NPDES Permit for Storm Water Discharges/failure to install and maintain erosion and sedimentation controls; failure to document violations in inspection report | | Requirement(s) of Order: | Correct immediately | | Settlement Amount: | $1000.00 | | Date Notice Posted: | November 04, 2013 | | Comment Period Closes: | December 04, 2013 | | Send Comments To: | Dr. Bert Langley-Manager/Mountain District
Environmental Protection Division
Post Office Box 3250
Cartersville, Georgia 30120 |
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We can set you up so you can perform your own inspections and water sampling, or we can do them for you. We can give you a killer deal on an EPA Compliant Hanna Turbidimeter. We can also help even if it's just answering a question or two.
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DAMS ON THE CHATTAHOOCHEE
Oliver Dam
Lake Oliver
 Lake Oliver is a 2,150-acre (8.7 km2) reservoir on the Chattahoochee River, which lies south of Goat Rock Dam (Goat Rock Lake). The lake is created by the Oliver Dam and Generating Plant, which was completed in 1959 by Georgia Power. The lake was named for James McCoy Oliver, an executive of Georgia Power at the time.
The location of Oliver Dam is approximately at the Fall Line of the Chattahoochee River. Between Oliver Dam and the downtown Columbus, a few miles downstream, the river drops nearly 100 feet (30 m) in elevation. Lake Oliver is the northernmost point of the Chattahoochee Riverwalk a fifteen mile long bicycle pathway that extends southward to Fort Benning.
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MS4 CERTIFICATION
After taking the MS4 Stormwater Treatment Compliance and Enforcement Certified Inspector course, you will receive a certification card with your photo. The MS4 certification card proves that you have been trained and have been educated about the MS4 program, inspections, and reporting requirements!
We can also help you with your annual reporting. We work with CBI, the nations premier MS4 Reporting Software company, who are working stormwater professionals. If you are having a difficult time organizing all of those inspection records and submitting that Annual Report to your state environmental agency, we can help! We provide MS4 Training for cities, counties, DOTs and universities
CONTACT US if you want to be MS4 certified and/or need more information about our highly rated training and MS4 reporting software!
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HOW DO YOU LIKE OUR
NEW LOGO?
You may have seen our new logo. Making it was a labor of love for what we do and the people we train & influence for clean water. We first implemented it a few months ago and are using it in a lot of our class and seminar announcements. We are always moving forward with our training materials and the mechanisms to get the word out about clean water!
It is so important that we ALL spread the NPDES word to our family, friends and neighbors and what it takes to get clean water in our watersheds and keep it clean enough to fish, swim, play and drink!
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LETS ALL BE ESPECIALLY THANKFUL and GRATEFUL THIS MONTH! It not only makes us happier people, but it reminds us of just how bad it could really be! Before the Clean Water Act was passed, sediment, sewage, and chemicals caused America's rivers, like the Chattahoochee River, to be void of fish. As Americans, we cannot take our eyes off of the importance of water quality. Respecting our neighbors downstream is what we try to remind people! It's important that we sacrifice a little to give our future generations an equally great place to work, live, fish, hunt, and play.
There is a lot happening today with water regulations that affect a diverse community of public and private entities. If you have areas of interest that you would like included in this newsletter, please contact us at 678-469-5120.
Sincerely,
T. Luke Owen,PG
President/Principal Trainer and Consultant
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