Greenwood, IN Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

Sec. 9-159(d) applies to all discharges into the storm drain system under the Stormwater Department's control, whether the land is developed or undeveloped and whether the site is an active construction project or already stabilized. No person may cause or allow an illicit discharge onto driveways, sidewalks, parking lots, sinkholes, or creek banks that drain to the system. No person may dump, deposit, release, leak, pump, pour, emit, empty, discharge, inject, bury, or dispose of oil, anti-freeze, herbicide, pesticide, fungicide, animal or human excrement, or any other solid, liquid, or hazardous waste into the storm drain system or onto any public or private premises in the City, and yard waste such as leaves, brush, and grass clippings blown by a mower into the system is banned the same way.

The section exempts specific non-stormwater discharges, including uncontaminated groundwater, footing and foundation drains, irrigation water, dechlorinated pool water, and residential car washing, but excludes farm residences from the agricultural exemption. Illicit dumping is separately declared a public nuisance under Chapter 6, Article 6. A discharger who accidentally releases a prohibited substance must report it to the Stormwater Department and IDEM in writing within five days, which can serve as an affirmative defense to a civil infraction, though not to an injunction or cost-recovery action.