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WHO ARE YOU GOING TO CALL?
Citizens can help report violations or problems
they notice in their local streams before they cause more damage and pollution.
Residence sometimes may be the first to recognize "illicit" discharges being
directed into storm sewers r flowing out of storm sewer outfall pipes into
streams. "Dry weather flows" - flows from storm sewer outfall pipes after
72 hours or more without rain - should be reported to your municipality for
further investigation. New storm water
requirements from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Pollution (DEP)
require that your municipality investigate more thoroughly potential illicit
discharges (pollutants) into our storm sewers and streams. You can help by
promptly reporting the following events to the authorities listed in the hotline
box below. Here are some of the conditions that you should report and to
whom they should be reported.
- Sediment leaving a construction site during
rain events and other construction violations (your county conservation
district-send a photo if possible)
- Observed pollution event or pollutants in
stream (DEP)
- Clogged, leaking or overflowing sanitary sewer
lines (your municipality or sewer authority)
- Inadequately treated effluent from a sewage
treatment plant (your municipality/sewer authority and DEP)
- Spills, hazardous materials (DEP or PEMA
hotlines)
- Illegal dumping into water courses or storm
sewers (your municipality, DEP)
- Dry weather flows from storm sewer outfall
pipes into streams (your municipality)
- Fish kills (Fish Commission, DEP)
- Water main breaks (Aqua PA or Chester Water
Authority, DEP)
Water pollution events can also be reported
online through the DEP web site,
www.dep.state.pa.us select Environmental Complaints, then Southeast Region.
| DEP Water
Quality Complaint Hotline - Daytime |
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484-250-5991 or 5970 |
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Weekdays
8:00am - $:30pm |
| DEP 24-Hour Water Quality
Hotline |
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484-250-5900 or
1-800-255-5158 (toll free) |
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Anytime, including evenings
and weekends |
| Spills and
other Emergencies Hotline |
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PA DEP
484-250-5900 |
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PA
Emergency Mgt. Agency 1-800-424-7362 |
| Off site discharge of
sediment |
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Chester Co. Conservation
District 610-925-4920 |
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Send photo, full address,
and directions |
| Clogged,
leaking, overflowing sewer lines |
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West
Chester Borough 610-696-5282 |
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After
hours call West Chester Police Dept., 610-696-2700 |
| Fish kills, illegal fishing |
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PA Fish and Boat Commision
717-626-0228 |
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For fish kills, also call
DEP at 484-250-5991, 5970 or 5900 |
| Dry
weather storm sewer outfall flows |
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West
Chester Borough 610-696-5282 |
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Weekdays
during work hours |
| Broken water mains |
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Aqua Pennsylvania
610-525-1402 |
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24 hour |
For updates, contact the CRC Watersheds Association - 610-892-8731 |
CONTACT US
Department of Public Works
Borough of West Chester |
Phone: (610) 696-5282
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| 205 Lacey Street |
Fax: (610) 436-1383
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| West Chester, PA 19382 |
E-mail:
publicworks@west-chester.com
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