NPDES MS4 Stormwater Program

Updated: 2/9/24

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4)

This is the program that governs how the City of Brookhaven manages the collection, conveyance, discharge, and a water quality aspects of the City-owned portions of the drainage system.

Did you know....

1. The drainage system for the City of Brookhaven is made up of a system natural and manmade drainage features, all of which ultimately direct runoff to Nancy Creek or N Fork Peachtree Creek?
2. Which of these is not part of drainage system:
   1. Underground pipes
   2. Ditches / Swales
   3. Catch basins
   4. Manholes
   5. Curbs
   6. Gutters
   7. Streets
   8. Front yards
   9. Backyards
   10. Creeks
   11. Roofs
   12. Sidewalks
   13. Detention ponds
   14. Underground vaults, and/or
   15. None of the above?

•  All of these are part of the drainage system.  Anything that helps direct runoff from where it lands to Nancy Creek or N Fork Peachtree Creek is part of the drainage system.