A combination of stormwater and untreated sewage overflows from the MSD system into the Mill Creek in April 2024. The Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) is considering a pilot program that would charge ...

Last week, residents may have received a postcard outlining a new tax they can expect next year: a stormwater utility fee. Like electric, gas, or water utility bills, this fee effective Jan. 1, 2024, ...

Mayor Annise Parker announced this afternoon that she’s changing the new drainage-fee structure after a boatload of complaints that the fees are higher than what the referendum ads said they would be.

PORTAGE | The city's Utility Board made the first move this week in changing the way it will eventually levy stormwater fees across Portage. They approved a contract with GRW Engineers Inc., of ...

This weekend, the Arlington County Board is set to consider a new tax based on how much hard surface your property has. Property owners with more hard surfaces that do not let rain soak into the ...

These are massive areas with impervious surfaces that do increase the overall heat of the entire city.” Annual average temperatures in La Crosse are predicted to increase between 6 and 12 degrees ...

Impervious surfaces such as driveways, roads, parking lots, patios, and walkways do not allow rainwater to pass through the substrate into the ground. Instead, they cause rain water to run off at an ...