Politics & Government
Brookhaven Stormwater Infrastructure Improves In 2020
However, Mayor John Ernst said the city still has lots of work to do.
February 3, 2021
The City of Brookhaven accomplished several important stormwater projects throughout 2020, despite ongoing complications from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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“Stormwater management is one of the most important responsibilities of local government, and probably one of the least visible when it isn’t raining,” said Mayor John Ernst. “We have made enormous progress in eight years of cityhood, especially last year, but we also have much more work ahead.”
The City of Brookhaven Public Works Department is outsourced to Lowe Engineers, which has effectively overseen stormwater utility operations since incorporation of the City. This partnership has allowed Brookhaven to continually meet or exceed the City’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements, and reliably meet all deadlines for completing Annual MS4 Reports to Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division (EPD).
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Brookhaven’s aggressive approach to the completion of Priority 1 and Priority 2 repair work derived from annual MS4 inspections has made the City singular in its stormwater infrastructure repair and maintenance—an achievement Georgia EPD staff have pointed out in past MS4 reviews.
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