THE STORMWATER PAGE

In continuous efforts to protect our local waterways, the City of Newton has established a hotline to provide citizens with a method of reporting stormwater pollution or polluting activities.
Please use this number to report any of the following:

• Individuals dumping anything in a storm drain, ditch, stream or creek.
• Individuals changing oil, antifreeze, rinsing paint brushes, or washing vehicles and allowing it to drain to the curb or storm drain.
• Excessive dirt or mud on roadways from construction sites.
• Polluted water (unnatural color, glossy sheen on water, dead fish).
• Overflowing sanitary sewer manholes.
• Illegal connections to storm drains such as processed water or wash water.
• Individuals sweeping large amounts of grass clippings or leaves into the street, storm drains, drainageways, or creeks.

IMPORTANT STORMWATER LINKS

1. Kansas Stormwater Web
2. The EPA's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
3. Rain Gardens
4. City of Los Angeles Stormwater Program
5. American Public Works Association (APWA)
6. National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA)

STORM WATER SURVEY FOR THE CITY OF NEWTON, KANSAS