The City of Lorain is a permitee under the Ohio EPA's Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) program.  The purpose of the program is to reduce pollution that enters into the storm sewer system, and develop, implement and enforce a storm water management program designed to reduce the discharge of pollutants to the maximum extent practicable, to protect water quality, and to satisfy the appropriate requirements of the Clean Water Act (CWA) in accordance with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Phase II program. The SWMP addresses the Six Minimum Control Measures as required by state regulations in order to reduce adverse affects on the storm water discharges.

For more information on this program, follow the link below to the US EPA website:

http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/munic.cfm