In September 2011 the SWG created a new subgroup to oversee efforts to create an information repository for source identification and diagnostic monitoring. The repository is envisioned to include two separate but connected types of information:

(1) Information on strategies and actions for each of the permit-required components of Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (IDDE) and source control. The repository would include case studies, methods, protocols, data quality objectives, report boilerplates, information on effectiveness of screening tools and enforcement procedures, and other information about strategies and actions for identifying and removing illicit discharges from municipal storm sewer systems.

(2) Information about the results of IDDE and source control programs. The steps to create this portion of the repository would specify what types of helpful information are associated with each strategy and action, reporting needs/requirements, and what analyses will be done.

A peer network or other means of sharing information is also envisioned to be supported as part of the repository.
The first task toward creating these two components of an information repository is a scoping document including literature review and interviews of key local government staff that results in specific recommendations and next steps to create the repository. The Washington Stormwater Center has been awarded a grant of NEP funds to complete this task.

Subgroup co-chairs: Dana de Leon and  Mindy Fohn

Subgroup members: Joel Baker, Fred Bergdolt, Shayne Cothern, Karen Dinicola, Tanyalee Erwin, Jonathan Frodge, Rick Fuller, Todd Hunsdorfer, Josh Johnson, Louise Kulzer, Adam Lorio, Van Mackay, Valerie Monsey, Kurt Marx, Jennifer Oden, Brian Penttila, John Stark, Jessica Williams.

First meeting was November 10, 2011; second meeting was February 9, 2012. Notes and other documents are posted below.