The Clean Water Act (CWA) not only regulates the discharges of pollutants into the nation`s streams, rivers, lakes and other waterways from industrial facilities and municipal sewer systems but may also impact the development of commercial and residential property. The stormwater permit program of the CWA requires retail, commercial, industrial and residential developers to minimize, collect and treat stormwater runoff from their properties. The controls required by the stormwater permit program can have a significant impact on the size and design of development.
