EPA Clean Water Act stormwater program for Queen Creek costing $174,219 in first year
by Richard H. Dyer | Queen Creek Independent
Rain water flooding a roadway and spilling into the Sonoqui Wash in Queen Creek. (Special to Independent Newsmedia/town of Queen Creek)
A town of Queen Creek employee shaved more than $1 million in projected costs over five years from a new health and sanitation program for stormwater-management administration required by federal and state law.
The program is to protect the Sonoqui and Queen Creek washes, which are considered tributaries to waters of the U.S. It prohibits non-stormwater drainage in the system, with some exceptions, such as water-line flushing, irrigation water, landscape water, firefighting and swimming pool drainage.
It also gives the town authority to inspect and regulate construction-site runoff pollution controls and compliance; and to inspect and regulate post-construction sites to require maintenance of the stormwater infrastructure, reduce erosion and protect water quality, according to the town council packet.
