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City staff brief council on Clean Water Program, stormwater rules and funding
Summary
Public Works staff summarized state stormwater regulations, the municipal regional permit requirements, and local stormwater funding via a county stormwater utility area assessment; council members asked about street sweeping, funding flows and retrofit planning.
Lucille Paquette, Clean Water Program Manager in Public Works, gave the City Council an overview of Walnut Creek’s Clean Water Program and its responsibilities under the Municipal Regional Permit at the June 17 meeting.
Paquette explained that storm drains discharge untreated runoff to creeks and the bay, so the city’s program focuses on pollution prevention, street cleaning, full‑trash capture devices, private‑property inspections, and new permit provisions — including…
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