Lakewood’s Storm Water Discharge Under EPA Microscope
An official from the EPA is coming to Lakewood this week to work with city officials in an effort to resolve the city’s storm water runoff into Lake Erie.
An official from the EPA will be setting up shop in Lakewood City Hall this week. He’ll also make some stops at the city’s Wastewater Treatment Plant to examine the city’s excessive storm water runoff into Lake Erie. “His visit is to get familiar with our system and our issues,” said Lakewood Mayor Michael Summers. “Our issues are having a 100-year system, with no capacity to make a $100-million investment.” City officials concede that for the past 100 years in Lakewood, “the solution to pollution was dissolution.” That’s no longer an option. “We’ve been trying to gain ground since Lakewood was built,” said Summers. With Lakewood reporting in 2010 that 91.4 million gallons of storm/sewer water were dumped into Lake Erie, the EPA is forcing…
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Susan Kaminski
1:03 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
We've had a rain barrel for several years and it's been a huge help in watering flower and vegetable gardens. It's hooked up behind our garage so it's not a huge eyesore (bright blue). We're thinking of a second barrel because it usually runs out mid-July/early August depending on the rainfall. I know this is a drop in the bucket (pun intended) but it does save on water bills and would reduce … more ›