Spalding County, GA Environmental Rules: Stormwater Management (2026)

Spalding County's Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection ordinance, Chapter 4 of the Public Works part re-enacted by Res. No. A-23-05 on June 27, 2023, regulates non-stormwater discharges to the Spalding County separate storm sewer system, or MS4, to the maximum extent practicable under state and federal law and to keep the county in compliance with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit. Sec. 8-4008 bars any person from throwing, draining, or otherwise discharging pollutants, or water containing pollutants, into the MS4, other than stormwater, with narrow exemptions for water-line flushing, firefighting discharges, and non-stormwater discharges already covered by their own NPDES permit.

The same section separately prohibits illegal connections, including any sewage line tied into the storm system, whether the connection is new or was made in the past under different rules. Facilities engaged in industrial or construction activity subject to an NPDES permit must comply with that permit and prove it on request under Sec. 8-4010, and Sec. 8-4012 requires anyone whose property may be a source of an illicit discharge to implement best management practices from the Georgia Stormwater Management Manual at their own expense.

Spalding County, through its authorized enforcement agency, can inspect properties, require monitoring equipment, and, under Sec. 8-4009, suspend a violator's access to the MS4 without prior notice when a discharge presents imminent danger to health, the environment, or the system itself.