An excerpt from Redmond's Environmental Sustainability Action Plan Implementation Update
• The City of Redmond and other agencies investigated 164 illicit discharge (spill) reports in 2021. Of these, 55 calls came through the City Spill Hotline.
• 46 of the spills were located within City rights-of-way. 25 of the spills we responded to were determined to “constitute a threat to human health or the environment” and were reported to the Department of Ecology. Four discharges resulted in water quality impacts to receiving waters and were also reported to the Department of Ecology.
• One City response was related to an illicit connection (associated with new construction) discovered by City staff.
• One hundred percent of the MS4 has been checked for illicit connections since the permit became effective (August 2019). These checks are integrated into biennial catch basin inspections.
-- Council Committee Of The Whole Memo, 4/27/2022
Seattle has a similar program to protect waterways and runoff. They gave our office free training and spill kit supplies. I wonder if we also have similar. Yeah, runoff is a serious issue and adds up... especially sitting on top of ones own water supply. See something...say something.
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