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The Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program (SCVURPPP or Program) is an association of thirteen cities and towns in the Santa Clara Valley, together with Santa Clara County and the Santa Clara Valley Water District.  Program participants, referred to as Co-permittees share a common permit to discharge stormwater to South San Francisco Bay.  To reduce pollution in urban runoff to the "maximum" extent practicable, the Program incorporates regulatory, monitoring and outreach measures aimed at improving the water quality of South San Francisco Bay and the streams of the Santa Clara Valley.

The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region (Regional Board) issued the Program its first National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit in 1990, and reissued the permit in 1995 and 2001.  The Program's Management Committee, consisting of one designated representative from each Co-permittee, is the official decision making body.  Its consultant, EOA, Inc., provides Program management services. 

As part of the NPDES permit requirements, the Program produced (and updates) an Urban Runoff Management Plan and submits annual work plans and reports to the Regional Board.  The Program also produces specific reports and work products for various projects.  Other program elements exist in accordance with NPDES guidelines.