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The Montachusett Regional Planning Commission (MRPC) and the Millers River Watershed Council (MRWC) are conducting a series of educational workshops on low impact development (LID) as a means to improve local water quality. The goal of the workshops is to provide this information to municipal officials and other stakeholders to aid them in the development of bylaws/ordinances to reduce stormwater runoff and fund programs to maintain stormwater infrastructure.
Adoption and enforcement of local bylaws/ordinances can allow municipalities to maintain local control of stormwater issues while improving local surface-water quality and ground-water recharge.
The first workshop will take place on June 15, 2011, 4:00 to 6:00 pm at the Gardner Levi Heywood Memorial Library, 55 West Lynde Street, Gardner. Refreshments will be provided.
This initial workshop will have speakers from the MRPC, the MRWC, the Mass DEP and a local community with a LID Bylaw. Presentations will provide an introduction to:
- The Project Team and Goals
- MillersRiverWatershed
- Environmental Issues Related to Stormwater
- Low Impact Development (LID)
- Local LID Bylaws/Ordinances
We hope that you can attend for further information and to RSVP by June 13, please contact Jennifer Siciliano, Regional Planner at MRPC, at: (978)345.7376 or e-mail: jsiciliano@mrpc.org
Date and Time
Wednesday Jun 15, 2011
