Intergovernmental Stormwater Committee hears details on volume requirements
An expert from the Center for Watershed Protection recently explained to the Intergovernmental Stormwater Committee board what obligations will be imposed by an upcoming five-year permit from the state Department of Environmental Protection. Instead of the requirement in the expiring permit to reduce the amount of sediment carried annually into area streams in the urbanized areas of the nine municipalities by a targeted number of pounds, the requirement in the new permit will be to reduce the amount of stormwater that flows into those streams by a targeted number of cubic feet, according to watershed…
