HomeMy WebLinkAboutOshkosh_Stormwater_Management_OverviewCity of Oshkosh Storm Water
Management Overview for Storm
Water Utility Appeals Board
July 15, 2021
Presentation Outline
1.Municipal Code
Chapter 14
2.MS4 Permit
3.Flood Control
4.Operations &
Maintenance
•Storm Water Utility
Website:
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•https://www.oshkoshwi.gov/Storm
WaterUtility/
Municipal Code Chapter 14
•Link to Chapter 14
•Resources:
•Definitions (Section 14-1)
•Storm Water Utility Appeals
Board information (Section
14-37)
•Quick reference guide
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•https://www.oshkoshwi.gov/Storm
WaterUtility/Storm_Water_Regulatio
ns.aspx
Municipal Code Chapter 14
•Components
•Storm water utility
•Construction site erosion
control
•Post-construction storm water
management
•Illicit discharge
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Municipal Code Chapter 14
•Storm Water Utility
•Funding mechanism for
storm water management
•Based on impervious
area of parcel
•Credits available based
on private improvements
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Municipal Code Chapter 14
•Construction site erosion
control
•Post-construction storm water
management
•Peak flow control
•Storm water pollution
•New development & re-
development
•City reviews developments for
compliance
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Oshkosh Corporation Headquarters Construction Entrance
Menominee Nation Arena Porous Pavement
MS4 Permit
•MS4: Municipal Separate
Storm Sewer System
•Permit stems from Clean
Water Act
•Six minimum measures
•TMDL compliance
•Compliance activities
summarized in annual report
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Examples of MS4 components
•https://www.oshkoshwi.gov/StormWaterUtilit
y/MS4Permit.aspx
MS4 Permit
•TMDL Compliance
•Citywide Storm Water
Management Plan (SWMP)
•2008, 2014, On-Going
•City needs to remove TSS and
TP from within City
•TSS: 20% to 58%
•TP: 86%
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Blue Green Algae –Lake Winnebago
(Source: WDNR)
MS4 Permit
•Six minimum measures
1.Public education & outreach
2.Public participation/ involvement
3.Illicit discharge detection & elimination
4.Construction site runoff control
5.Post-construction runoff control
6.Pollution prevention/ good housekeeping
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MS4 Permit
•Public education & outreach
•Public participation/
involvement
•City conducts various activities
•Partnership with FWWA /
NEWSC
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Educational sign at Westhaven Clubhouse Area Detention Basin
MS4 Permit
•Illicit discharge detection &
elimination
•MS4 is meant for storm water
runoff only
•Limited exceptions: residential
car washing, foundation drains,
lawn watering, etc
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Grass clipping info:
https://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us/StormWaterUtility/assets/pdf/GrassClippi
ng.pdf
•https://www.oshkoshwi.gov/StormWaterUtilit
y/IDDE_program.aspx
MS4 Permit
•Pollution prevention/ good
housekeeping
•Inventory of municipal storm
water BMPs
•SWPPPs for municipal facilities
•Documentation of programs
(street sweeping, catch basin
cleaning, deicer application,
fertilizer application)
•Internal training
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Salt shed at Field Operations Facility
400 North Main Street Parking Lot Biofilter
Flood Control
•Level of Service Goals
•Watershed Studies
•Implementation
•Flood relief projects
•Street reconstruction projects
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Fair Acres Detention Basin during June 12, 2008 storm event
Highway 41 flooding during June 12, 2008 storm event
Flood Control
•Level of Service Goals
•10-year design storm
•Eliminate street surcharging of the storm sewer system onto
the street
•25-year design storm
•Maintain drivability of streets (center of street “dry”)
•100-year design storm
•Contain runoff within the street right-of-way
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Flood Control
•Watershed Studies
•Feasibility Studies
•Road CIP Infrastructure
Modeling
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•https://www.oshkoshwi.gov/StormWaterUtilit
y/Studies_and_Reports.aspx
•https://www.oshkoshwi.gov/StormWaterUtilit
y/assets/pdf/Storm_Water_Utility_Progress_M
aps/Flood_Studies.pdf
Flood Control
•Implementation
•Flood relief projects
•Street reconstruction projects
•Storm water utility brochure:
•Storm water utility progress
maps
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Box culvert installed as part of street reconstruction project
Fernau Watershed -North Main Street Wet Detention Basin
•https://www.oshksohwi.gov/StormWaterUtil
ity/assets/pdf/Stormwater_Utility_Brochure.p
df
•https://www.oshkoshwi.gov/StormWaterUtil
ity/Storm_Water_Utility_Progress_Maps.aspx
Flood Control
•Flood relief projects –interactive map
•https://oshkosh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=8d8cec94c79749c99948
85e608804e8d
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Operations & Maintenance
•Street Cleaning
•Leaf Collection
•Major Infrastructure
•Sewer Televising
•Storm Response
•MS4 Map
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•https://www.oshkoshwi.gov/StormWaterUtilit
y/MS4Permit/MS4_Map_2020.pdf