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preventions, the Town contracts a street sweeper to sweep all Town owned roads and
parking lots 4 to 6 times per year.
Morrisville also has an active stormwater education program. The Town has teamed with
other municipalities to provide outreach and education to help reduce stormwater pollution
and nutrient loading from homeowners and businesses as part of the Clear Water Education
Partnership (CWEP). This may include radio and television advertisements, handouts,
website, etc. Other elements of the stormwater education program include the Town’s
monthly newsletter and other mailings, newspaper advertisements, workshops, and the
internet. The Town also distributes stormwater materials to Cedar Fork and Morrisville
Elementary Schools and displays information in the lobby of Town Hall, as well as at
community events, including National Night Out, Green Day, and various homeowner
association meetings. Town presence at these events sometimes includes a staff member
dressed in costume as a fish character, for enhanced public involvement and engagement.
Town staff also provides stormwater educational “giveaways” at these events and around
Town. Giveaways includes pens, water bottles, rain gauges, reusable bags, pet waste bag
dispensers, stickers, and temporary tattoos for the kids.
The Town has installed educational signs along greenways and at Town-owned BMPs. In
addition to education, the Town seeks opportunities for involvement and participation. The
Town is currently collecting responses to a stormwater survey that will allow the program
to better target educational activities. The Town also oversees a resident advisory committee
known as RAIN (Residents Active in Improving the eNvironment), whose purpose is to
review and recommend stormwater improvement opportunities, as well as help facilitate
public involvement and education. The RAIN committee plans to do a pilot stream clean
event to determine if a formal stream clean program will be implemented in the Town.
Public participation also is solicited for storm drain making. The Town sells rain barrels at
cost, providing free delivery, and, in 2013, held a rain-water barrel workshop free of cost to
the public.
The Town maintains a watershed map depicting the location and type of all of the storm
drainage system and structural BMPs currently in place. Having data on a single map is
required by the Town’s Phase II permit and is also beneficial in Town stormwater
education, good housekeeping, and IDDE efforts.
6.2.5.3
Stormwater Capital Improvement Plan
Several stormwater capital improvement projects are in process, including outfall retrofits,
stream restoration, and BMP retrofits. These projects will improve both water quality and
water quantity at each site. The Town stormwater program is currently working on a BMP
retrofit at Fire Station 2 site, located within the Crabtree Creek Watershed. The retrofit will
include a rain garden to be installed with public participation, as well as a 5,000-gallon
cistern. The Town recently purchased property adjacent to a stream with plans to perform a
stream restoration and/or BMP retrofits. A feasibility study is currently being performed
for this stream project.
6.2.5.4
Water Supply Watershed
WSW rules apply to new development in the Jordan Lake watershed. These rules, similar to
those of the NPDES Phase II permit, require most new development to control the runoff