Pollution Prevention

Stormwater Program

Co-Permit Group Documents

Stormwater Program

Co-Permit Group Documents

Storm water discharges from municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s) are a major concern in urbanized areas due to the high concentration of pollutants found in these discharges. Urbanized areas, because of dense development, have a high concentration of impervious surfaces, such as city streets, driveways, parking lots, and sidewalks, on which pollutants settle and remain until a storm event washes them into nearby storm drains. The most common pollutants include pesticides, fertilizers, oils, salts, litter and other debris, and sediment. 

The City of Terre Haute, Vigo County, Seelyville, West Terre Haute, Indiana State University, Ivy Tech Community College, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and the Honey Creek-Vigo Conservancy District are co-permittees of a general permit with the City of Terre Haute taking the lead position within the group for reporting and communications with IDEM.

This co-permit group works together to reduce or eliminate polluted storm water runoff by developing and implementing six minimum control measures to address the issues affecting our local river, lakes and streams.  These minimum control measures are found in the storm water pollution prevention plan.

  • 1. Public Education and Outreach - distributing educational materials and performing outreach to inform citizens about the impacts storm water runoff can have on water quality
  • 2. Public Participation and Involvement - providing opportunities for citizens to participate and provide input in the development and implementation of the storm water management program.
  • 3. Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination - developing and implementing a strategy to detect and eliminate illicit discharges to the storm sewer system.
  • 4. Construction Site Storm water Runoff Control - developing, implementing, and enforcing an erosion and sediment control program for construction activities.
  • 5. Post-Construction Storm water Runoff Control - developing and enforcing a program to address discharges of post-construction storm water runoff from new development and redevelopment areas.
  • 6. Municipal Operations Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping - developing and implementing a program to prevent and reduce pollutant runoff from municipal operations.

2018 MS4 Annual Report

The 2018 MS4 Report to IDEM for the Terre Haute Co-Permit Group

Part B: Baseline Monitoring Report

2020 Part B Document

Part B :MS4 Boundary

2020 Part B MS4 Boundary Map

Part B: MS4 Land Cover

2020 Part B MS4 Land Cover map

Part B: Watershed

2020 Part B Watershed Map

Part C: Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan

2020 Part C Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan

Part C: Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan Boundary Map

2020 Part C Boundary Map

2020 MS4 Annual Report

The Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) program requires the Terre Haute Co-permit group to submit a report to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) office according to the schedule outlined in 327 IAC 15-13.

Report Spills & Pollution

Stormwater Community Watch

The link address is: http://www.stormwaterwatch.com

2022 MS4 Notice of Intent

An application by the City of Terre Haute, Vigo County, the towns of West Terre Haute and Seelyville, Indiana State and Rose-Hulman universities, Ivy Tech Community College, and the Honey Creek-Vigo Conservancy District to obtain coverage under IDEM's MS4 General Permit.

2022 MS4 Annual Report