Illicit Discharge Detection & Elimination Program

Report Pollution Sources

NOTE: If you are seeking to contact first responders to an incident, please call 911.

The Division of Water Resources is responsible for communications and coordination of cleanups from discharges related to oil spills, sewage spills, and fish kills or algal blooms, that threaten to reach surface waters. To report an incident, please contact your local Division of Water Resources Regional Office during business hours. After-hours, weekends or holidays, reports by phone at (800) 858-0368.


Illicit Discharges

Henderson’s Stormwater Ordinance prohibits illicit discharges with the potential to significantly impact surface waters. Illicit discharges are a non-stormwater discharge that flows to a stormwater conveyance system.  Examples of illicit discharges include, but are not limited to, oil, antifreeze, animal waste, chemicals. To report an illicit discharge, please contact Operations Center Customer Service at 252-431-6030 or fill out the form below.


Off-site Sediment or Mud in the Streets


If there is off-site sediment or mud in the streets from active construction site please call Operations Center Customer Service at 252-431-6030 or fill out the form below and we will investigate the issue. 

What is an Illicit Discharges?

An illicit discharge is the release of non-stormwater materials to the stormwater system. The result is untreated discharges that contribute pollutants (heavy metals, toxins, oil and grease, solvents, nutrients, and bacteria) to receiving waters.

What Stormwater Discharges Are Allowed?

Not all liquids or solids may be allowable discharges into the stormwater conveyance systems.Here are some of the following activities that are allowed provided that they do not significantly impact water quality:


What Discharges are Not Allowed?

No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the municipal storm drain system or watercourses any materials, pollutants, waters, or other substance containing any pollutants that cause or contribute to a violation of applicable water quality standards, other than storm water. Examples of illegal discharges include, but shall not be limited to: