Carter County, TN Stormwater Management - MS4

If you are looking for a way to help our environment, this weekend has an opportunity.

If you are looking for activities for this weekend, we have two great events coming up! Join if you can!! Keep Carter County Beautiful Overmountain Chapter Trout Unlimited Thank you for all you do for our county!

Update from our Clean-up on Saturday! Thanks to all could make it, we greatly appreciate the help, together we got over 11,000 lbs of trash!! Special thanks to Watauga Lake Cleanup and the The Litter Chicks for their hard work and dedication to this event. Follow us for more upcoming happenings!

11,760 pounds (almost 6 tons of trash) removed. Way to go, being part of the solution for the Watauga Lake Cleanup! 100 people volunteered including hard working kids in 4 hours. Fish Springs site (1 of 4 sites) pictured.
THANK YOU ALL

Take a look at the article in the Elizabethton Star! We really appreciate your support and want to recognize the real muscles behind the curtain, our wonderful organizers and partners, The Litter Chicks and the Watauga Lake Cleanup. Both groups have already put in many hours into the event, we would like to thank them for the dedication and hard work they always bring to the table! See everyone Saturday!

Volunteers sought for Watauga Lake Cleanup Sept. 13 - Elizabethton Star Carter County Stormwater Management is calling on community volunteers to take part in the annual Watauga Lake Cleanup, set for Saturday, Sept. 13, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Participants can register at any of three sites — Rat Branch Boat Ramp, Fish Springs Marina or Sink Mountain Boat Ramp — where...

There will be volunteers at each registration site to equip you with pickers, bags etc. Follow the signs down to the tables. And THANK YOU!! September 13 9-1. After party for those who participate!

Here is an event you don't want to miss! As many of you know, our Watauga Lake cleanup last year was canceled due to Hurricane Helene. Despite numerous cleanup efforts, many lake banks and shorelines still have debris on them. Cleaning this up will require many hands. We need your help to make our lake beautiful again! See you there!

Public Notice: We will be reviewing our Stormwater Annual Report on July 22nd, in the upstairs courtroom in the Carter County Courthouse at 3 pm. If you would like to speak or have any questions regarding the report, please show up 30 minutes early to sign in. Thank you.

Here is some great information for our businesses located in the County. On the inspection level, we see this regularly. Remember, anything put into the stormwater drains will also drain to our creeks and rivers.

Dumpster placement can be a problem when it comes to stormwater management. If one is placed too close to a storm drain, leakage from the dumpster can seep into our stormwater and be transported to nearby streams or lakes.

It is important for businesses to place their dumpsters away from all storm drains.

Please take a look at the new required permits for General ARAP permits, (2025) issued by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). The Carter County Stormwater Program (MS4) along with TDEC will be checking in periodically to see if the required sites are permitted. Before you dig, check and see if you need a permit! Please Share, Thank you!

Aquatic Resource Alteration List of General Permits

Happy National Hydration Day!

On these hot summer days, don’t forget to drink plenty of water and stay cool! And don’t forget to take a moment to appreciate the clean, safe drinking water we’re fortunate to have all year long.