Storm Water Pollution Reduction

Fairfield County Regional Planning Commission: Storm Water Advisory and Educational Subcommittee meeting minutes.

Subcommittee typically meets in November.

• November 2022 meeting minutes
• November 2021 meeting minutes
• October 2020 meeting minutes
• November 2019 meeting minutes
• November 2018 meeting minutes
• Ohio EPA, Post-Construction Storm Water Questions & Answers
• November 2017 meeting minutes
• November 2016 meeting minutes
• November 2015 meeting minutes
• November 2014 meeting minutes
• January 2014 meeting minutes
• November 2013 meeting minutes

What should you as a landowner in an MS4 Community know?

• Anything that enters a storm drain is eventually discharged UNTREATED into a local water body! Learn more about storm water in our blog post, Only Rain Down the Drain.
• Don’t dump yard waste in streams and ditches.
• Use the right rate of fertilizer on your yard.  Soil testing is offered at the local OSU Extension office.
• Pick-up-Poop – Don’t dump pet wastes in streams and ditches.
• Don’t dump oil or antifreeze.
• How to dispose of paint.
• Rain barrels and rain gardens.
• If you are regrading your property or building a new structure, you should stabilize the site and place protective devices to keep sediment from entering streams and ditches.
• Household Septic Aeration System Maintenance
  • Inside the City of Pickerington and Canal Winchester contact Franklin County Public Health – Water Quality Program at (614) 525-3929 or visit their website.
  • All other residents contact the Fairfield Department of Health – Environmental Health (740) 652-2813 or visit their website.
• Ohio Rain Garden Guide
• Looking for Storm Water resources?
• Ohio Drainage Laws