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City engineer outlines eight public-education priorities under DNR MS4 permit
Summary
City Engineer Kevin Schubert presented the Wisconsin DNR MS4 permit’s eight required public-education topics — including illicit-discharge detection, yard-waste management and green infrastructure — and described local programs and a multi-community consortium that will support outreach in Onalaska.
Kevin Schubert, the city engineer, told the Board of Public Works and Utilities on May 5 that the city must run a public-education program under its Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) permit and reviewed eight required topic areas.
“In the permit, the permittee shall maintain its public education and outreach program to increase the awareness of stormwater pollution impacts on waters of the state and encourage changes in public behavior to reduce such impacts,” Schubert said. He outlined the topics the city plans to promote: illicit-discharge detection and elimination; household hazardous-waste disposal; yard-waste management; stream and shoreline management; residential…
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