What is an MS4?
The city of Federal Way is classified as a "small" MS4. MS4 stands for municipal separate storm sewer systems. It is a conveyance system or set of storm drains, ditches, or pipes that collect and move stormwater, and are:
- Owned by a state, city, town, or other public entity that discharges to waters of the United States.
- Not a combined sewer, meaning stormwater and sewer are not within the same conveyance system.
- Not part of a sewage treatment plant or publicly-owned treatment works.
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