Porter County Storm Water

Porter County Storm Water Department of Development and Storm Water Management conducts a variety of infrastructure maintenance What is Storm Water? Have A Drainage Concern? Thank you!
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Water from rain, snow and ice that runs off your roof, across your driveway, through your yard, and down the street has to go somewhere. That’s where The Department of Development and Storm Water Management comes in. As storm water flows over the land, it has to be directed into a ditch, stream, lake, or river through inlets and storm sewers. Along the way to these waterways, the storm water picks

up sediment, nutrients, pesticides, trash, debris, and other pollutants that can impact these receiving water bodies. We use infrastructures to control and minimize the negative impacts of storm water runoff on our communities and water resources. A typical storm water management system includes:
- inlets to collect storm water from the land
- storm sewers to convey water to detention basins
- a detention basin, where the storm water can be managed and treated, before it goes downstream
- ditch, stream, lake, or river -- the storm water runoff’s final destination

In order to properly address the impacts of storm water, we need both, storm water management program and the efforts of individual landowners. We have many different projects in unincorporated Porter County to resolve drainage problems, improve water quality, reduce flood damages, and maintaining and enhancing the county’s valuable storm water infrastructure. If you have a storm water management and/or drainage concerns, please fill our Storm Water Concern Reporting Form on our website. We will look into it as soon as we can.

Address

155 Indiana Avenue, Suite 311
Valparaiso, IN
46383

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+12194653530

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What is Storm Water?

Water from rain, snow and ice that runs off your roof, across your driveway, through your yard, and down the street has to go somewhere. That’s where The Department of Development and Storm Water Management comes in. As storm water flows over the land, it has to be directed into a ditch, stream, lake, or river through inlets and storm sewers. Along the way to these waterways, the storm water picks up sediment, nutrients, pesticides, trash, debris, and other pollutants that can impact these receiving water bodies. We use infrastructures to control and minimize the negative impacts of storm water runoff on our communities and water resources.

A typical storm water management system includes:


  • inlets to collect storm water from the land

  • storm sewers to convey water to detention basins