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Kane-DuPage Soil and Water Conservation District briefs North Aurora trustees on stormwater permit compliance
Summary
Tommy Purdum, resource conservationist for the Kane-DuPage Soil and Water Conservation District, told the North Aurora Village Board on Feb. 17 that the district helps local governments meet state and federal stormwater requirements and provides technical assistance to developers and landowners.
Tommy Purdum, resource conservationist for the Kane-DuPage Soil and Water Conservation District, told the North Aurora Village Board on Feb. 17 that the district helps local governments meet state and federal stormwater requirements and provides technical assistance to developers and landowners.
"We're locally organized, operated units of government," Purdum said. He summarized the district's work across Kane and DuPage counties, including outreach, native-plant sales, watershed planning and technical assistance for conservation practices on agricultural and open lands.
Purdum explained the district’s role with municipal permit compliance under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and Illinois’ general construction permit (ILR10). "Under the MPDS permit, they have a general construction, permit, which is the ILR 10...for any new development that's over an acre," he said, describing the district’s soil, road and sediment control (SSC) program and its work reviewing erosion- and sediment-control plans, performing inspections and issuing closeouts.
He told trustees the district has partnered with North Aurora for more than 20 years to perform plan reviews and inspections: "So our SSC program, we've been working with the village of North Aurora for over 20 years now. It's performed erosion and sediment control plan reviews, inspections, closeouts, and any other technical assistance that we may be able to provide." Purdum said staff and inspectors provide reports to the village to help keep developments in compliance.
Purdum described practical conservation help the district offers to landowners and municipalities, including cost-share programs for pollinator habitat, cover crops and reduced-till practices, and technical coordination with agencies such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
He closed by saying the district office in Saint Charles is available to the public for questions and assistance: "our office in Saint Charles, we're always open to answer the phones...right on Dean Street over there, we're always happy to help," he said.
The presentation did not prompt a board vote; it was provided as an informational item.
