Earth Day & Spring Cleanups
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Earth Day & Spring Cleanups

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 is the annual Earth Day. Throughout the globe communities will be celebrating and raising awareness through family-friendly festivals, fairs, recycling events and workshops. Most events are on Saturday the 19th, see our Community Calendar of Events below for more information about nearby Earth Day celebrations and upcoming stormwater events.

Directional Drilling Frac-Out Presentation
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Directional Drilling Frac-Out Presentation

With utility upgrades comes horizontal directional drilling, aka boring. Blow-outs and frac-outs from directional drilling operations that reach the MS4 are illicit discharges. Review this presentation and share it with your staff to learn how to reduce the occurrence of frac-outs and how to prepare a frac-out contingency plan. This presentation is courtesy of the Municipal Operations Committee.

Asset Management 101 Presentation
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Asset Management 101 Presentation

Chris Olson from Wright Water Engineers discusses asset management basics as it relates to municipal storm sewer systems. Topics covered include asset inventory, condition assessment, O&M planning and tracking and financial planning and prioritization. This presentation was recorded on 4/28/2022 courtesy of the Municipal Operations Committee.