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Citizens can help report violations or problems they notice in their local streams before they cause more damage and pollution. Residents sometimes may be the first to recognize "illicit" discharges being directed into storm sewers or flowing out of storm sewer outfall pipes into streams. "Dry weather flows"- flows from storm sewer outfall pipes after 72 hours or more without rain- should be reported to your municipality for further investigation. New storm water requirements from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) require that your municipality investigate more thoroughly potential illicit discharges (pollutants) into our storm sewers and streams. You can help by promptly reporting the following events to the authorities listed in the hotline box below. Here are some of the conditions that you should report and to whom they should be reported.

• Sediment leaving a construction site during rain events and other construction violations (your county conservation district- send a photo if possible)
• Observed pollution event or pollutants in stream (DEP)
• Clogged, leaking or overflowing sanitary sewer lines (your municipality or sewer authority)
• Inadequately treated effluent from a sewage treatment plant (your municipality/sewer authority and DEP)
• Spills, hazardous materials (DEP or PEMA hotlines)
• Illegal dumping into water courses or storm sewers (your municipality, DEP)
• Dry weather flows from storm sewer outfall pipes into streams (your municipality)
• Fish kills (Fish Commission, DEP)
• Water main breaks (Aqua PA)

Water pollution events can also be reported online through the DEP web site, www.dep.state.pa.us select Environmental Complaints, then Southeast Region.

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