Winter weather brings with it deicer, salt, and sand application. This relates to our municipal operations as well as citizens within our municipalities. Here are some reminders for this season to help protect water quality.
Reminders for Municipal Staff:
The MO Committee had the Colorado Stormwater Center develop MS4 Permit Training for the Colorado Stormwater Council. It was created to assist LTAP (Local Technical Assistance Program) in training field staff on understanding the history of stormwater compliance and current regs and requirements. The presentation consists of 200+ slides and is designed to take around 4 hours to present. Due to its size it was broken up into 2 sections.
This link will take you to the PowerPoint version of the Illicit Discharge Training if you prefer to present it - or make adjustments to fit your municipality's needs. There is also a script included in the notes section.
Develops an understanding for how to correctly assess damaged and failing storm system infrastructure as well as provides guidance for inspection and lining projects
Check MHFD’s videos related to minimum water quality design standards for Phase II Permittees. This is a great tool for your development review team:
Permit Standards video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tdw2Cr_6mg