Stormwater Coalition 2012-2013 Draft Annual Report Available Online

The Monroe County Stormwater Coalition’s Draft 2012-2013 Joint Annual Report for the period March 10, 2012 through March 9, 2013 is now available online. The public is encouraged to review these materials and provide comments to the Coalition staff or their respective member representative.

The Draft Joint Annual Report includes compliance activities and performance measures to evaluate overall effectiveness of each stormwater control measure. Activities specific to each Coalition member may be obtained from the individual municipality. The report begins with compliance certification forms for each participating municipality; the Coalition program information section begins on page 126 of the document (hover near the bottom of the screen while in the document to access the page search tool bar). To view the report, click HERE.

The public is encouraged to review these materials and provide comments to the Coalition staff or their respective member representative. For a contact list click HERE. For more information on the Monroe County Stormwater Coalition visit their webpage.

Established in 2000, the Monroe County Stormwater Coalition is composed of 29 municipal members working together to reduce stormwater pollution. Stormwater pollution is the sediment, bacteria, fertilizers, pesticides, automotive fluids, and other materials that are washed from surfaces such as parking lots, roads, roofs, and construction sites during a rain storm or snow melt. The gutters, storm drains, pipes, ditches, and outfalls that comprise the stormwater system transport these pollutants to the nearest waterway. In many cases, stormwater runoff is not treated at a wastewater treatment plant. For more details about stormwater pollution as well as information about how residents can protect water quality, visit www.H2OHero.org.

The Monroe County Stormwater Coalition implements a wide range of projects and programs including public education, training for municipal employees and the land development community, demonstrations of practices that reduce polluted runoff from developed land, technical assistance with permits and erosion control, investigations of stormwater outfalls for indicators of illegal discharges, assessments of municipal facilities for opportunities to prevent pollution, and a Stormwater Master Plan for Monroe County to identify needed infrastructure.