Municipal Stormwater Management
Read here about some things our local county, cities, towns, and villages do to manage stormwater runoff for everyone!
Municipal Stormwater Management
Our local governments make plans and systematic investments to manage stormwater. It’s required. It’s important. And it requires persistent effort to maintain hundreds of miles of ditches and pipes, clean up thousands of tons of debris from street, and ensure all new construction minimizes runoff.
Green Infrastructure
Local governments are making strategic, green-infrastructure investments to manage stormwater. Green infrastructure provides cleaner air and water as well as significant value for the community with flood protection, diverse habitat, and beautiful green spaces.
Maintenance and Pollution Prevention
Optimal stormwater management takes the use of both existing gray infrastructure and green infrastructure. Gray infrastructure is traditional stormwater infrastructure in the built environment such as gutters, drains, pipes, and retention basins.
This infrastructure remains important in order to treat of high volumes of runoff in compact areas and provides a source or pollution prevention as long as it is properly maintained.
Our local governments make plans and systematic investments to manage stormwater. It’s important. It requires persistent effort to develop and manage best practices, maintain hundreds of miles of ditches and pipes, clean up thousands of tons of debris and sediment, and ensure permitting requirements are in place and being implemented.