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Burlington advances Integrated Water Quality Plan as Chittenden County towns report stormwater and buyout work
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Summary
At the Chittenden County Clean Water Advisory Committee meeting, CCRPC staff summarized town-level stormwater projects and flood-resiliency work; Burlington said its Integrated Water Quality Plan is expected by end of 2025, supported in part by a $172 million bond approved in March 2025.
Burlington and other Chittenden County communities reported progress this fall on stormwater projects and flood‑resiliency efforts, and CCRPC staff said the city’s Integrated Water Quality Plan should be complete by the end of 2025.
Dan Albrecht of the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission reviewed a compiled countywide summary of recent work and said the Integrated Water Quality Plan will rely in part on wastewater‑treatment measures to meet phosphorus targets and is funded through a $172 million bond the city approved in March 2025. He told the advisory committee that Burlington’s major 2025 projects included the Pomerleau Gravel Wetland near Price Chopper/Market 32, work with Champlain Housing Trust tied to a Flow Restoration Plan for Potash, design of a UVM wet pond to treat runoff for Centennial Brook, Oak Beach design for a 3‑acre site, and redoing the Leddy Gully.
Albrecht also noted an ongoing FEMA buyout process at one Riverside Avenue property. The CCRPC is investigating a Basin 5 clean water service provider project at Lake Forest Condominiums off Flynn Avenue in partnership with the city and reported a wet‑pond proposal for the Lake Champlain Parkway area near Englesby.
Across the county, committee minutes recorded a range of local projects: culvert upsizing and ditching work by VTRANS on VT‑17 (Buel’s Gore); local pipe‑lining and ARPA‑funded infiltration in Colchester; FEMA buyout processes in Hinesburg, Milton and Richmond; tree plantings and Basin 8 grant proposals in Huntington and Jericho; and retrofit work that captured phosphorus reductions in South Burlington and Williston. Several towns said they remain in compliance with MS‑4 or MRGP stormwater permits.
Committee Chair Annie Costandi closed the meeting by inviting agenda ideas and saying the next meeting will be set at the call of the chair. The committee approved the July 1, 2025 minutes during the session.
The advisory committee did not vote on policy changes or adopt new grants at this meeting; members primarily provided project updates and noted next steps for design and permitting.