The Healthy Waters Program is an outreach program within the Stormwater Division of the City of Oak Ridge Public Works Department. The program aims to educate the community on how to enhance the quality of our local waterways, address water quality issues in our city and enrich natural habitat in our urban area.



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Document for Public Comment – MS4 Annual Report 2019

September 18, 2019
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UPDATE: 9/26/2019 – This document is no longer open for public comment.  State and federal regulations mandate the ways in which agencies must notify the public that documents are available for public comment.  The City of Oak Ridge Stormwater Division makes these documents avai
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Storm Drain Markers

June 10, 2019
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Thank-You for your public participation! The suggestion period is now closed. Please utilize the “Report Pollution” tab to keep us informed with pollution locations. The Healthy Waters Program is currently requesting recommended locations for storm markers to be placed aro
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3rd Annual Public Works Open House

May 20, 2019
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3rd Annual Public Works Community Open House   OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (May 17, 2019) – Everyone is invited to join the City of Oak Ridge for the 3rd Annual Public Works Community Open House, sponsored by Jacobs Engineering Group, on Thursday, May 23, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Oak Ridg
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NPDES & MS4 History

The Stormwater NPDES program has been implemented in two phases. Phase I was designed for medium and large Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) and industry, and Phase II is designed to focus on stormwater discharges from small MS4s. Locally, the DOE facilities fell under the Phase I requirements and currently maintain a single NPDES permit which includes stormwater discharges.
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