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Smithville updates MS4 stormwater program; 60% of basins targeted for inspection
Summary
City staff reviewed the MS4/NPDES stormwater program, highlighted 2024 activities including inlet cleaning and basin inventory, and said letters will go to basin owners this spring ahead of planned inspections covering 60% of basins.
At a Smithville work session, Myers, a city staff member, gave an update on the city’s MS4 stormwater program and its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES/MPDES) permit, saying the permit operates on a five‑year cycle and the city is in year five of reporting to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
The update said Smithville started an inlet‑cleaning program in 2024, completed training on illicit discharge detection and elimination with public works staff, launched street sweeping and leaf management efforts, and finished a GIS inventory of retention and detention basins. Myers said the city also began basin maintenance inspections and will mail letters to homeowners associations and…
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