Show Notes
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we celebrate a milestone: 10 years of the Sewer District’s Regional Stormwater Management Program. Stormwater Program Manager Kim Colich and CEO Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells explain the basics of stormwater, how development and impervious surfaces create erosion and water quality problems, and why a regional stormwater utility can solve what individual municipalities can't. The Sewer District's watershed-based approach avoids simply moving the problem around, a...
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