Stormwater Services

What is Stormwater?

Stormwater is rain and snow melt that runs off surfaces such as rooftops, paved streets, highways, and parking lots.  As water runs off these surfaces, it can pick up pollutions such as: oil, fertilizers, pedsticides, soil, trash and animal waste and could flow directly into local streams or lakes.  If not addressed, these problems could result in increased water treatment costs, federal government mandated restoration and a decrease in the quality of our environment. 

That's where the Stormwater Department steps in by providing the following for City of Conyers residents:

• Stormwater management
• Environmental ordinance support
• Public environmental education
• Public participation and involvement
• Compliance with federal, state, county and city regulations, codes and ordinances

Stormwater: Affects on Our Area

All of the flowing water in our nation runs into or out of a river basin before reeaching a lake, reservoir or ocean.  River basins are typically very large in area and so are further split into watersheds in much the same way a state is split into counties.  Although some of the water in these waterways originates from underground springs, most of it is created by rain or stormwater.

The state of Georgia is made up of 14 river basics which are further divided into 52 watershed areas.  Rockdale County is situated at the north end of the Upper Ocmulgee River Basin and has five main watersheds:  the South River, Honey Creek, Snapping Shoals, Yellow River and Big Haynes Creek.

Stormwater run-off from the City of Conyers flows in four main directions:

1. Northeast into the Yellow River via Boar Tush branch
2. East into the Yellow River via Quigg Branch
3. Southeast into South River via Snapping Shoals Creek
4. Southwest into South River via Tanyard Branch

The largest percentage of the stormwater leaving the City of Conyers ends up in Jackson Lake.

What Can You Do?

Try to lead by example.  Pick up litter and place it in a trash can.  Be a pollution stopper!  Talk to people about our bad habits and try to explain how easy it is to become part of the solution and a City of Conyers environmental partner.  Email us with any pollution issues you see in community.