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SDDOT / Project Development / Environmental / Storm Water Management Program
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Storm Water Program 101
What is Storm Water? - Powerpoint Presentation
The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT)
is committed to conducting activities in a manner necessary to preserve and protect
South Dakota's soil and water resources. This includes designing, implementing, inspecting,
maintaining, and enforcing protective storm water measures for all construction projects
and regulated separate storm sewer systems. The SDDOT will accomplish this in accordance
with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA)
Storm Water Phase II regulations
implemented by the
South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources (SDDENR).
Storm Water 101
The storm water regulations are intended to reduce the amount of pollutants entering
lakes, wetlands, streams, and rivers as a result of runoff from industrial facilities, construction
sites, and urban areas. Land disturbing activities, such as road construction, can increase the number
of un stabilized areas which become more vulnerable to erosion. Land development increases the amount of impervious surface area
within a watershed. Rain or snow melt runoff wash over these areas, collecting
pollutants as it gains in volume and velocity. Storm water runoff can harm surface water
quality by changing natural flow patterns, and by increasing velocity, pollutant concentrations and
sedimentation. Common pollutants in storm water runoff include oil and grease from
road and parking lots, sediment from construction sites, pesticides from lawns and
discarded trash, such as cigarette butts, paper wrappers, cans and plastic bottles.
Storm Water Program Assistance
Information or assistance with SDDOT-related storm water activities is available by
contacting the following:
- Joan Bortnem (joan.bortnem@state.sd.us), SDDOT - Environmental Office - (605) 773-3098
- Albert Spangler (Albert.Spangler@state.sd.us), SDDENR - Storm Water Permit Program - 1-800-SD-STORM
Other Information Available
SDDENR Storm Water Program website
USEPA Storm Water Program website
EPA's National Menu of Best Practices for Storm Water Phase II
EPA's Development Document for Proposed Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Construction and Development Category EPA-821-R-02-007 (2002)
The Stormwater Manager's Resource Center
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). 1995. Storm Water Runoff & Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Guide for Builders and Developers. National Association of Home Builders, Washington, DC.
National Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs) Database, sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
AASHTO Guidelines for Erosion and Sediment
Control in Highway Construction, Volume III, 1999. ISBN: 1-56051-114-1
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