Storm Water System :: City & County of Honolulu, Department of Environmental Services

Public Education and Outreach: General, specific industries (links on right and bottom.) Communities are now shifting their control efforts to reduce nonpoint sources of pollution in order to meet clean water goals. Go to our photo gallery to make the connection between the home, storm drains and downstream waters with active volunteer groups of everyday clean water heroes in the City's Adopt-A-Block/Adopt-A-Stream Program who are working with the City to spread storm water pollution solutions in their neighborhoods.
Illicit Discharge: Illegal connections, illicit discharges, field screening, investigations, enforcement, Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plans (SPCCs) and Storm Water Pollution Control Plans (SWPCPs), staff training on illicit connections, illegal discharges, spills
Construction Site Runoff: Rules Relating to Storm Drainage Standards, Rules Relating to Soil Erosion Standards and Guidelines, Best Mangement Practices Manual for Construction Sites in Honolulu, database on status of General Construction Activities Permit, Grading Permit or Building Permit, and Capital Improvement Program (CIP) construction, site erosion/sediment control and good housekeeping practices inspections, compliance with approved erosion control plans or construction BMPs plans, enforcement, reporting, training for plan reviewers and inspectors
Post Construction Storm Water Management: Plan reviews of new development and redevelopments (disturbing at least one acre), checklist includes provision for projects that include installation of permanent postconstruction BMPs and submittal of an operation and maintenance (O&M) plan, database to track maintenance, inspection, enforcement, and report for these BMPs, inspections, staff training, retrofitting structural BMPs to address targeted streams
Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping: Debris Control BMP Program, Chemical Applications BMP Program, Erosion Control BMP Program, and Maintenance Facilities BMP Program, staff training on proper municipal maintenance activities to prevent storm water pollution
Commercial and Industrial Discharge Sites: Inventory, field screening, staff training to City personnel who conduct these inspections
Monitoring Requirements: Prepare and implement annual monitoring plan, develop waste load allocation (WLA) implementation and monitoring plan for Ala Wai Canal, Kawa Stream, Kapaa Stream and Waimanalo Stream, develop implementation and monitoring plan for other WLAs as adopted by the DOH