Stormwater Management Plan Stories

9/19/02 - Sequim shelves plan to use Ecology stormwater manual - by Jim Manders, PDN

9/18/02 -Port Angeles: City council tosses out stormwater management plan - for now by Sue Forde and Lois Perry, Citizen Review Online

9/7/02 - City stormwater hearing gets heated comments from citizens - KONP

8/29/02 Hearing set for Stormwater Management Plan – Most don’t know the ‘devil is in the details’ by Sue Forde, Citizen Review Online

8/29/02 White Paper on DOE's "model" stormwater management manual - by Sue Forde, NWRI Researcher/Analyst

8/11/02 -Agencies promote 'model' stormwater management plan to county planning commission - by Sue Forde, Citizen Review Online

(This is happening in other states, too.) 8/17/02-In North Carolina - The ‘rain tax’cometh? Be prepared to pay the government for the rain on your roof - Asheville Tribune

8/9/02 -Agencies promote 'model' stormwater management plan to county planning commission - by Sue Forde, Citizen Review Online

8/7/02 -“Stormwater Management” – Much more than protecting home and people from too much water! by Sue Forde, Citizen Review Online

8/3/02 -Planning commission faces push to “fast track” stormwater regs –Members raise questions about increased taxes, costs to property owners - by Sue Forde, Citizen Review Online

6/9/02-Stormwater Management Plan carries far more restrictions on land than meets the eye by Sue Forde, Citizen Review Online

One of the "solutions" to the stormwater management "problem" that's being offered by planners, are "low impact developments." A "guide" for citizens written by the ecology proponents can be found here.

7/3/03 - Governor's science panel endorses Western Washington stormwater manual - Press release from WA State Dept. of Ecology

7/3/03 - See Summary of the Independent Science Study here and the full report here.

Jefferson County Stories

8/25/1999 - City manager says 'halt' to the stormwater fee Kicker: Reckoning of controversial fund could follow - PT Leader