Promoting Better Business Practices

Business Outreach

• Use these resources to reach out to local businesses about the problem of stormwater and the role they can play preventing stormwater pollution:
  • Stormwater Management At Your Business (factsheet)
  • LID Alternatives for RI Businesses (factsheet)
  • Sample letter to business owners
  • Sample letter to community groups

• Highlight stormwater-friendly business practices in the media using this Op-ed:
  • Good Housekeeping Means Cleaner Waters (Op-ed)

Adopt an IDDE Ordinance

Help your town adopt an Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (IDDE) ordinance, requiring that businesses follow current recommendations regarding stormwater pollution prevention. The following resources can assist that process:

• Model Stormwater Prevention Ordinance
• Sample press release for public comment
• Sample press release for ordinance adoption
• Ordinance overview factsheet
• Ordinance overview PowerPoint presentation