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Monday
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9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Location:
2nd Floor of Town Hall
29 West Avenue
Essex, CT 06426.
Phone:
860.767.4340 x 119
Fax
860.767.8509
Marian
Staye
Zoning/Wetlands Enforcement Agent
860.767.4340
Ext. 115
Cheryl
Haase
Administrative Analyst
860. 767.4340 Ext. 119
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Stormwater
The
management of stormwater runoff is at once a simple concept
and a complex problem. Stormwater runoff from streets, yards, and
parking lots drains into the Essex Municipal Separate Storm Sewer
System - a system of catch basins and pipes that drain to local
waterways and the Connecticut River. Stormwater can carry debris,
dirt and other pollutants which may eventually end up in local waterways
or the Connecticut River. Preventing water pollution from stormwater
runoff is the concern of the Public Works Department, the Essex
Conservation Commission, and the Wetlands Commission.
The Zoning/Wetlands Department provides
both technical assistance and regulatory oversight to ensure proper
design and construction of stormwater treatment and control practices;
and construction-related erosion prevention and sediment control
practices - necessary to minimize the potentially adverse impacts
of stormwater runoff to receiving waters throughout Essex
The Department of Public Works and
the Essex Conservation Commission have published a brochure that
provides suggestions for homeowners to avoid contamination of our
inland and coastal waters from polluted stormwater runoff. This
brochure is available at the Town Hall or can be downloaded by clicking
on the link below. Another link below will take you to an article
originally published in "Essex Events", which provides
more information on the Essex Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System
and what is being done in Essex to prevent water pollution from
stormwater runoff.
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