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Hilliard highlights Stormwater Awareness Week, outlines MS4 responsibilities and recent watershed projects
Summary
Deputy Engineer Jeff Cox briefed council on Stormwater Awareness Week (Oct. 1–7), the city’s MS4 permit responsibilities, advice for residents to reduce runoff pollution, and recent/recently funded stormwater projects in the Big Darby watershed, including stream restorations and pond rehabilitation.
Deputy Engineer Jeff Cox told Hilliard City Council on Sept. 22 that Oct. 1–7 is Stormwater Awareness Week in Ohio and outlined steps residents and businesses can take to reduce stormwater pollution.
Cox said the Ohio General Assembly and Gov. Mike DeWine designated the first week of October as Stormwater Awareness Week by enacting House Bill 65, referred to in the meeting as the Agriculture Appreciation Act, which is set to become effective at the end of September. He said the Ohio EPA has identified Hilliard as a municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) community and that the city’s MS4 permit includes required actions to manage…
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