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Muscogee presents 2025 stormwater report; city reports volunteer turnout and expanded monitoring
Summary
City environmental staff presented the 2025 MS4 stormwater-quality annual report, citing 3,500 volunteers at a cleanup, monthly bacteria monitoring at 12 sites since June 2025, 20,556 recycle-center visits and 440 reported complaints; council received the report and had no action.
City environmental staff on May 11 presented the City of Muscogee's 2025 MS4 (stormwater-quality) annual report, outlining outreach, inspections and monitoring work intended to reduce pollutants entering the storm system.
Miss Wright, the city's environmental technician, summarized the six minimum control measures required by the state and highlighted last year's activities: a city cleanup that engaged roughly 3,500 volunteers; two household pollutant collection events; 20,556 residents using the recycle center for cardboard, plastics, metals, glass and waste oil; and 440 reported complaints (a mix of illicit-discharge reports and other service requests). The city inspects 41 outfalls during dry-weather screenings and reported mainly water leaks during those inspections.
Wright told the council the city conducted 378 construction-site inspections in 2025, swept 1,874 curb miles, cleaned 1,023 miles of drainage channels, and operates monthly bacteria monitoring at 12 sites for impaired waters (the Arkansas River and Cooty Creek) beginning June 2025. She said one household-hazardous-waste event was partially funded with a grant and that another such event is scheduled for June 6, 2026.
Councilors asked about citations tied to illicit discharges; the presenter said citations exist but she did not have the exact number in hand. The council received the report and took no formal action at the meeting.
The presentation provided the most recent publicly reported metrics for the city's stormwater program and established the city's monitoring schedule and outreach calendar for the coming year.
