West
Bend could oppose
Washington County’s proposed
water
infiltration rate requirements
By
JOHN BUCHEL - GM Today Staff
May 5, 2008
WEST BEND - The Board of Public Works
and Common Council could approve a city resolution opposing
Washington County’s proposed water infiltration rate requirements
for erosion control and storm water management at their meetings
Monday.
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The proposed county ordinance would
require 100 percent of water runoff from a so-called 2-year, 24-hour
storm — in which more than 2.7 inches of ran falls in 24 hours —
to be infiltrated into the ground, according to a draft of the
resolution.
