DEQ issues over $200,000 in fines for inproper stormwater discharges

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued two relatively large fines this week to prominent local  companies.

 DEQ fined Pacific Foods of Oregon Inc. $31,200.

• Between July 2012 and August 2015  the unpermitted amount discharged varied from about 75 gallons to 2,000 gallons.

Courtesy: cni.pmgnews.com

DEQ fined Vigor Industrial $182,442.

• Failing to install stormwater treatment measures at its Swan Island facility within two years of receiving its permit. 

In both cases, the alleged violations took place over several months or years.

See the whole story here:

Portland Tribune Fines For Unpermitted Sewage Discharges

Catch Basin, Storm Drain, By Any Other Name

This is the beginning of the DEQ's Fact Sheet on Catch Basins

The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide basic

Storm Regen Making Catch Basin Servicing Easy & Quick

information on catch basin design, effectiveness
and sediment sampling.

A catch basin is an inlet to a storm drain system
that typically includes a grate where stormwater
enters, and a sump to capture sediment, debris
and associated pollutants.

Catch basins are designed specifically for
capturing and conveying stormwater. It is
important to note, that although catch basins
often have sumps for the collection of sediment,
the actual design specifications and placement of
catch basins are not based on expected sediment
load.

Read The Rest At: Portland Harbor Catch Basins

Conservation In The Land Of Waste

Nevada, Not out of the water yet...

Storm Regen shares some impressive finding as seen on CBS News:
Lake Mead, is drying up, meaning the lake is rapidly shrinking. The lake provides water for 20 million people in southern Nevada, southern California and Arizona -- and it's lost 4 trillion gallons of water since 2000.

Las Vegas actually reuses ninety-three percent of its water it's paid homeowners two hundred million dollars to rip up their thirsty lawns this city added four hundred thousand people last decade.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwS7xjSGtoU