Water Runoff Ordinance

The town of Miami, Okla. was told in July it is required by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality to have a storm-water management ordinance with updates.

The state department is in the second phase of developing a statewide management program and plans already have been completed for cities with populations of 100,000 or more.

The city is a member of the Green Country Storm-Water Alliance that will be developing storm-management brochures for use by contractors and other builders.

The town of Miami, Okla. was told in July it is required by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality to have a storm-water management ordinance with updates.

The state department is in the second phase of developing a statewide management program and plans already have been completed for cities with populations of 100,000 or more.

The city is a member of the Green Country Storm-Water Alliance that will be developing storm-management brochures for use by contractors and other builders.

“The No. 1 contaminant in Oklahoma rivers and streams is sediment, mainly from construction and erosion,” said Mayor Brent Brassfield.

The storm-management program will attempt to reduce the amount of contaminants leaching into rivers and streams, he said.

Any construction site larger than one acre would be required to have a state storm-water-management permit.

Source: dennews.com