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The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality has issued its final Phase II Stormwater rule. This rule requires that the City of Casper develop, implement, and enforce a stormwater management program to reduce the discharge of pollutants from the City of Casper stormwater system and to protect water quality.
Everything that you see, and a lot that you can't see laying in the gutters or on the streets is carried into the storm drains by rain or melting snow. This water and all of the pollutants that it carries, flows untreated, directly into our creeks and river. It is all of this non-point source pollution that the City of Casper must now address and reduce. Over the five-year permit term, we will assess and change the way we look at construction, post-construction, good housekeeping, illicit discharges, public education and public involvement.
This permit will allow the City of Casper to continue to discharge stormwater into our creeks and river rather than building a separate piping system and waste stormwater treatment plant. It is an important program that will affect every citizen.
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