Town of Black Mountain issued the following announcement on Oct. 17.
Did you miss last night’s stormwater update presentation to Town Council?
Utility Administration
• Fund dedicated staff
• Improved billing process and schedule • Improved accuracy of assigned tiers
• Streamlined payment methods
• UNC Center for Environmental Finance invited staff to be a panelist to help other communities create stormwater utilities.
The center also interviewed staff for a book on the topic as an example of a successful small town stormwater utility
Funded Program
• Resolved notice of violation from NCDEQ successfully.
• Stormwater master plan • 2 New SCMs underway 1 more to go
• Implement the requirements for year 1 of the permit
• 43 illicit discharge investigations
• 45 people attended Stormwater Workshops since start of program
• 60 contractor bags of litter removed from streams and Swannanoa River
You can view the slides here: Stormwater Update
Questions can be directed to Anne Phillip at anne.phillip@tobm.org
Original source can be found here.
