At the heart of the storm water management approach being used in the Rouge Watershed is the Michigan General Storm Water Permit. This voluntary permit establishes the process for developing watershed management plans to address the control of storm water and other sources of pollution.

One component of the Michigan General Storm Water Permit is the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Initiative (SWPPI). The SWPPI includes evaluation and implementation of pollution prevention and good housekeeping practices and the evaluation and implementation of BMPs to minimize impacts of new development and redevelopment.

Below are guidance materials to assist in development of the SWPPI. Some files require Adobe Acrobat Reader (files ending in .pdf). This free software can be obtained at http://www.adobe.com/.
Other software required includes Microsoft Office 97 products:
Microsoft Word (files ending in .doc)
Microsoft Excel (files ending in .xls)
Microsoft PowerPoint (files ending in .ppt)

If you are unable to read files from Microsoft Office 97, please contact Michael Flowers at (313) 224-8284.

• Table 1 - Upper
• Table 1 - Middle 1
• Table 1 - Middle 3
• Table 1 - Lower 1
• Table 1 - Lower 2
• Table 1 - Main1-2
• Table 1 - Main3-4

• Model SWPPI - Inkster
• Model SWPPI - Canton
• Model SWPPI - Farmington Hills
• Model SWPPI - Rural Township

• Activities - Upper
• Activities - Middle 1
• Activities - Middle 3
• Activities - Lower 1
• Activities - Lower 2
• Activities - Main 1-2
• Activities - Main 3-4

• MDEQ Question Response
• RPO Question Response
• MDEQ SWPPI Template
• MDEQ SWPPI Checklist

PowerPoint Presentations given at SWPPI workshop
(Microsoft PowerPoint file)

• 6.8.01 Workshop Presentation

General Comments on Draft SWPPIs
General comments were prepared by MDEQ based upon their reviews of some draft SWPPIs. The comments were prepared to assist the communities in the preparation of their final SWPPIs.

Please address all comments and suggestions about the contents of this Web page to rougeweb@co.wayne.mi.us.

The Rouge River National Wet Weather Demonstration Project is funded, in part, by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Grants #XP995743-01, -02, -03, -04, -05, -06, -08 and C-264000-01.