Stormwater

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StormwaterProblems Solutions
Jim Nash
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A water resources commissionerThen

• Unique to Michigan
• Initially cleared swamps and marshes
• Each township had a drain commissioner

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and Now

• There are 83 counties in Michigan
• Only 66 of them have drain commissioners
• Environmental services
• Lake levels, soil erosion prevention, drainage
• Water treatment and distribution
• Wastewater collection and treatment

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Important Keys for Clean Water

• No Single Program Holds the Solution
• Educating the Public / Community Leaders
• Land Use Planning
• Promote Green Infrastructure Alternatives
• Embrace New Technology

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Pollution Sources Have Evolved

• 1972 Clean Water Act
• Point Sources Were Dominant Pollution Cause
• Today, Pollution Sources Have Evolved
• Stormwater Runoff, non-point source pollution
• Failing Septic Systems
• Jurisdictional Lines add Complexity

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New Stormwater Rules

• More comprehensive than 2003 permit
• Requires standards ordinance
• Limits volume
• Establishes quality of discharge
• Doesnt exceed pre-development rate
• First 1-inch (90 of storms) must be treated

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How Our Customers See the New Rules
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Engaging Municipalities in Climate Adaptation for
Water Resources The Role of Boundary
Organizations
Rebecca Esselman Huron River Watershed Council
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Creating Climate Resilient Communities

• Goal pilot a process to address local climate
  change impacts by convening interested
  stakeholders to determine information needs and
  strategies that build resiliency in the watershed

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Sector-based Workgroups

• WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
• For practitioners involved with water utilities,
  wastewater treatment facilities, stormwater
  management
• IN-STREAM FLOWS
• For dam operators, fisheries biologists, and
  hydrologists
• NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
• For land managers involved with natural areas
  preservation, restoration, and management

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Implications of precipitation changes

• Fact Sheets on Issues
• Stormwater Detention and Conveyance
• Bankfull Events
• Lake Level Management
• Floodplain Definition
• Fact Sheets on Best Practices/Solutions
• Revision of Stormwater Rules
• Green Infrastructure

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For additional information,please visit our
website

• www.oakgov.com/water