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Learn more about your municipality’s stormwater protection plan through the links below.

Lucas, Wood and Ottawa counties maintain a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System(MS4) permit through the Ohio EPA. Basically, a MS4 is the storm system that each county/city, on behalf of some smaller cities and villages, maintains on its own.

Links to partner Storm Water Management pages:
City of Sylvania Storm Water Management
City of Maumee Storm Water Management
City of Perrysburg Storm Water Management
City of Oregon Storm Water Management
City of Toledo Storm Water Program
Ottawa County Infiltration & Inflow
Ottawa County Water Quality Information & Links
Wood County Storm Water Management Program
Lucas County Storm Water Management
Bowling Green Storm Water Management
Village of Whitehouse Storm Water Management
Village of Holland Storm Water Management
Village of Swanton Storm Water Management
Perrysburg Township Storm Water Management
City of Rossford Storm Water Management

Links to State and Regional Level
Storm Water Management pages:
Ohio EPA Rainwater and Land Development
ODOT Storm Water Management Program (SWMP)

*MS4, a Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System is defined as a publicly-owned system used solely for conveying storm water; including storm drains, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches and man-made channels. The MS4 conveys water directly into surface water, such as rivers and streams.