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SUSTAINABLE PLACES
Modernized Infrastructure
Network
Improved Stormwater
Management
Conserved Natural Resources
Opportunities for Healthy
Lifestyles
Diverse Housing Choices
Enhanced Community Character
IMPROVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND REDUCE THE IMPACT
OF FLOODING
Stormwater control and flooding are key issues that transcend local municipal boundaries. To improve stormwater facilities
and address flooding from ever-more-common storms,
the county will...
...implement required county stormwater improvements
Because much of the pollution reaching local streams is from water runoff rather than
sewage treatment plant or industrial discharge pipes, the federal government requires
local communities to control pollution from water runoff. Montgomery County, like
its 62 municipalities, must meet these
The county
proposes to continue:
■■ Expanding education on stormwater issues for county employees, contractors on
county projects, and visitors to county facilities.
■■ Training its departments on methods they can use to reduce pollution in
stormwater.
■■ Mapping all stormwater systems and inspecting outfalls for illicit discharges.
■■ Adopting procedures for properly controlling construction site stormwater runoff
on county properties.
■■ Enacting a post-construction stormwater runoff ordinance or standardizing
procedures.
■■ Updating procedures for preventing pollution, particularly for vehicle maintenance,
fueling and washing, stormwater facility maintenance, and storage of materials.
■■ Progress on the permit
requirements of public
education, public
involvement, illicit
discharge detection and
elimination, construction
site stormwater control,
and pollution prevention
Measuring success
This rain barrel at Green Lane Park helps with the county’s MS4
stormwater permit requirements.
