DNR flags Wind Point for missing IDDE testing and SWPPP noncompliance

Sep 12, 2025

Staff reported an impromptu DNR audit found Wind Point had not implemented annual illicit discharge detection and elimination (IDDE) testing or certain stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) requirements dating back to 2006; DNR will schedule outfall mapping and sampling and the village must follow up.

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Village public works staff reported an impromptu visit from the DNR’s stormwater division that moved Wind Point from the bottom of the DNR’s list to the top for follow‑up. Staff said the village had not been conducting required annual illicit discharge detection and elimination (IDDE) sampling consistently since 2006 and that the DNR will conduct an audit and help locate and sample outfalls in the coming weeks.

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