1. Stormwater Management For Developed Municipalities What Residents Can Do What Towns Can Do

2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NEMO PROGRAM - University of Connecticut, http://nemo.uconn.edu/ CENTER FOR WATERSHED PROTECTION, www.cwp.org Tom Schueler, Director of Watershed Research and Practice at CWP

3. WHY MANAGE STORMWATER RUNOFF

5. Nutrients Pathogens Sediment Toxic Contaminants Debris Thermal Stress

6. THE CHALLENGE

7. take steps to prevent pollution from stormwater manage town-owned facilities manage stormwater in new development FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAKES ACTION: CLEAN WATER ACT Requires towns, counties, and road agencies to:

8. MUNICIPAL ACTION Public Works –Streets –Playing Fields and parks –Stormwater sewer system New Development –Planning –Zoning –Maintenance

9. TOWNS CAN IDENTIFY STORMWATER HOT SPOTS FOR RETROFITS

10. Source: Center for Watershed Protection www.stormwatercenter.net

11. EDUCATION LITTER CONTROL

12. TREES PLANT

13. WHAT RESIDENTS CAN DO

14. COLLECT RAIN WATER RAIN GARDEN COLLECTS STORMWATER RUNOFF RAIN GARDEN COLLECTS STORMWATER RUNOFF