Augusta-Richmond County, GA Environmental Rules: Stormwater Management (2026)

The county's Storm Water Management Ordinance (Augusta-Richmond County Code, Tit. 5, § 5-1-8) makes it unlawful to discharge anything other than authorized storm or surface water into the municipal separate storm sewer system, and § 5-1-9 bars illicit pipe connections to that system. Every developed parcel, public or private, pays a monthly storm water service charge based on impervious surface area: one equivalent residential unit, 2,200 square feet of impervious area, costs $6.40 per month under § 5-1-13. Parcels under 400 square feet of impervious area, railroad tracks, and most roadways are exempt under § 5-1-17. Blythe and Hephzibah, the county's two remaining incorporated cities, pay charges scaled to services actually provided.