Posts by KCI Now
Your SWPPP Is Your Facility’s Game Plan
Your SWPPP Is Your Facility’s Game Plan for Every Storm Think about what happens at your facility when it rains. Water moves across the yard, past the loading docks, around the equipment, and over anything left sitting outside. Whatever it picks up along the way can end up in a local creek, lake, or…
Read MorePreventing an Environmental Crisis
A crisis is rarely something a business plans for. It is usually the result of an unexpected event, a failure, or a problem that escalates faster than anticipated. For construction and industrial businesses, that risk is especially real. Every day can involve heavy equipment, active construction, chemicals, fuels, materials, production processes, and changing site…
Read MoreKnow Your Dirt: Turning Construction Challenges Into Opportunities
Have you ever driven by a big construction site and wondered where all that dirt goes after it’s been dug up? If you look at any large development, you’ll probably see huge piles of earth sitting off to the side. That dirt might end up making money for the project, or it could turn into…
Read MoreNon-Structural BMP’s
Maintaining strong stormwater compliance and management requires more than installing physical controls around a construction site. Construction operators rely on a combination of Best Management Practices (BMPs) to control erosion, prevent pollution, and reduce the potential for sediment and other contaminants to leave the sit When approaching an active construction site, many of the most visible…
Read MoreIndustrial Staff Training
Did you know that the Multi-Sector Generic Permit (MSGP) requires industrial facilities to conduct annual training with their employees? Employee training is an integral piece of making your Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) program a success. Your employees are working with potentially hazardous materials, which if not controlled properly can lead to severe…
Read MoreSomebody’s gotta do it!
Do you remember the television show Somebody’s Gotta Do It, starring Mike Rowe? The show introduced viewers to hardworking people performing unique, interesting, and sometimes overlooked jobs. It celebrated the people behind the work—the individuals willing to take on important jobs that most of us rarely stop to think about. But out of all those…
Read MoreWhat does Compliance Really Mean?
A construction site must be operationally effective in controlling erosion and preventing sedimentation from reaching a receiving water source or conveyance system for the site to be in compliance. If a site is struggling to do this, they could be regarded as being out of compliant. An industrial site or facility has many…
Read MoreWho Is the Site Operator
Florida’s Construction Generic Permit (CGP) for Stormwater Discharge from Large and Small Construction Activities defines “site operator” this way: The person, firm, contractor, public organization, or other legal entity that owns or operates the construction activity and that has authority to control those activities at the project to ensure compliance with the terms and…
Read MoreExposed Areas where Stormwater Flows
A National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) is a national compliance and regulation program. Many components of the NPDES program describe rules and policies to minimize and prevent pollutants in stormwater discharges. Industrial facility operators may be required to obtain an NPDES permit before they can discharge stormwater. This permit is required for…
Read MoreStormwater Volume, Quantity, and Control
Stormwater runoff occurs after a rainfall. In Florida, especially during the wet and rainy season, rainfall and storms can become torrential at times generating high volume of water in a short period of time. This stormwater eventually reaches lakes, streams, rivers, and wetlands untreated and potentially contaminated. Stormwater runoff can collect pollutants along…
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